We're moving our infrastructure from one data center

[soumitss]

Hello. We're moving our infrastructure from one data center to another early next year, and for about three months both sites will run in parallel. Our current addresses can't be moved until the old site is fully decommissioned, so we need extra IPv4 space just for the overlap. Buying a block for a temporary project makes no sense, and a standard one-year lease feels like overkill. Our network team is small, so we'd prefer someone who handles the paperwork. Has anyone rented address space for a short migration window? What did the process look like?

[hydrogenn]

A migration overlap is exactly the case where renting makes more sense than leasing or buying. We did something similar through IPv4 Online, an IPv4 marketplace that separates the models clearly: buying for long-term control, leasing for months or years, and renting for shorter projects like migrations, testing environments or temporary launches. You submit the prefix size, region or RIR and the term you need, and they come back with matching options. For our overlap we took a short term on a /23, and the LOA paperwork was handled on their side, which saved time when the new site was going live. Prices for larger prefixes are quoted individually, so ask for the effective per-IP rate. My advice is to book a few weeks more than you think you'll need, migrations rarely finish on schedule.