A method for migrating a plurality of files to a cloud computing device, the method including: generating a respective first checksums to the plurality of files; matching individual first metadata of the plurality of first metadata to respective files of the plurality of files; in response to the matching, generating respective second metadata corresponding to the plurality of files, the second metadata including the respective first checksums; transferring the plurality of files from the first storage device to a second storage device, the plurality of files being transferred from the second storage device to the cloud computing device; transferring the plurality of second metadata to a third computing device; generating a respective second checksum corresponding to each of the plurality of transferred files; and comparing the respective second checksum to the respective first checksums included in the second metadata.