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I’m looking for some guidance on migrating data from OneDrive to NetApp. We’re seeking a solution that is cost-effective, as many of the tools I’ve explored so far have proven to be quite expensive.

I’ve already looked into several popular migration tools, including MultCloud, CloudFuze, AviPoint, and GoodSync. While these tools offer robust features, their pricing models are not aligning with our budget for this project.

Could anyone recommend alternative methods, scripts, or less-known tools that could facilitate a low-cost migration from OneDrive to NetApp? I’m open to any suggestions that have worked for you in similar scenarios, especially those that help keep costs down.

Any insights or experiences you can share would be greatly appreciated.

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My first thought is low-Cost went out the door when you purchased a NetApp.
My second thought is that is rather the opposite of current trends. Why are you trying to get people off OneDrive into local storage?

Since OneDrive lives inside of the users account, this will inherently be challenging as you won’t have access rights (without a lot of hoop jumping) to access that data. How many users are we looking at? It may be easier to simply Move the data manually.

If you are backing up your MS 365 account you could potentially use your backup software to restore a copy of the onedrive data to your netapp.

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My first thought would be why, this seems like the opposite to what most other people are doing.

The short answer is, you can export and bundle users OD data from 365 console, move or copy it via APIs or restore it from backups.

Have you considered any of these?

ShareGate is another product that can do this though.

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There’s a reason the cost for those tools (the ones that work, anyway) cost so much…do NOT cheap out. You get what you pay for and garbage in means garbage out!

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Cheaping out on the migration tool isn’t the way to save yourself time or headaches in this scenario.

Trying to save pennies on the migration cost, when literal buckets of money went into the NetApp appliance purchase for this project, doesn’t seem logical. I’m not merely suggesting that you use the most expensive tool available, but if it has all the features you’re looking for, then surely it’s worth the time and money to just get it done and move on to other things.

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What is the actual solution you are migrating to?
Netapp is a vendor that sells multiple storage products.
Is it netapp native SMB share? iscsi / nfs to other OS etc.
For example is the target just a windows server share? if so Netapp has little relevance.

Do you just need to copy the files? folder structure? multiple versions? maintain permisions etc?

A straight forward copy can cost nothing - use onedrive app to sync the library, robocopy to destination.

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Yes, NetApp is a pretty hefty investment. The issue is this was purchased from last years budget due to an office move. Currently that budget dried up and I inherited this project. The move to on-prem is client mandates for anyone working on their projects.

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They can still share and work on the same files with OneDrive/Teams or SPO. In fact, it’s more suited to collaboration than local file shares.

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If your needs are pretty basic, consider using PowerShell scripts with OneDrive’s sync client and copying files over SMB shares. The cost here is only your time, but it’s less automated and can be tricky for large or complex migrations.

Would you like a low cost solution , quick sample workflow or setup , take a look at GS RichCopy 360 !

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What is the cost if I will use ShareGate?

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What is the cost if I will use GS RichCopy 360?

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@PoppyTx

Did you even look?

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