diff --git a/pulpcore/app/tasks/migrate.py b/pulpcore/app/tasks/migrate.py
index dd15adc1ed..02286b3a80 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/tasks/migrate.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/tasks/migrate.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import logging
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from rest_framework.serializers import ValidationError
 
@@ -10,6 +12,35 @@
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+MIGRATION_WORKERS = getattr(settings, "MIGRATION_WORKERS", 8)
+MIGRATION_BATCH_SIZE = getattr(settings, "MIGRATION_BATCH_SIZE", 500)
+
+
+def _copy_artifact(old_storage, new_storage, filename):
+    """Copy a single artifact between storage backends. Returns (filename, error)."""
+    if new_storage.exists(filename):
+        return filename, None
+    try:
+        file = old_storage.open(filename)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return filename, FileNotFoundError(filename)
+    try:
+        new_storage.save(filename, file)
+    finally:
+        file.close()
+    return filename, None
+
+
+def _process_batch(batch, pb):
+    """Wait for a batch of copy futures, increment progress, collect errors."""
+    errors = []
+    for future in as_completed(batch):
+        filename, error = future.result()
+        if error is not None:
+            errors.append(filename)
+        pb.increment()
+    return errors
+
 
 def migrate_backend(data):
     """
@@ -25,25 +56,28 @@ def migrate_backend(data):
     artifacts = Artifact.objects.filter(pulp_domain=domain)
     date = now()
 
+    missing = []
     with ProgressReport(
         message=_("Migrating Artifacts"), code="migrate", total=artifacts.count()
     ) as pb:
         while True:
-            for digest in pb.iter(artifacts.values_list("sha256", flat=True)):
-                filename = storage.get_artifact_path(digest)
-                if not new_storage.exists(filename):
-                    try:
-                        file = old_storage.open(filename)
-                    except FileNotFoundError:
-                        raise ValidationError(
-                            _(
-                                "Found missing file for artifact(sha256={}). Please run the repair "
-                                "task or delete the offending artifact."
-                            ).format(digest)
-                        )
-                    new_storage.save(filename, file)
-                    file.close()
-            # Handle new artifacts saved by the content app
+            batch = []
+            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MIGRATION_WORKERS) as executor:
+                for digest in artifacts.values_list("sha256", flat=True):
+                    filename = storage.get_artifact_path(digest)
+                    future = executor.submit(
+                        _copy_artifact, old_storage, new_storage, filename,
+                    )
+                    batch.append(future)
+
+                    if len(batch) >= MIGRATION_BATCH_SIZE:
+                        missing.extend(_process_batch(batch, pb))
+                        batch = []
+
+                if batch:
+                    missing.extend(_process_batch(batch, pb))
+
+            # Handle new artifacts saved by the content app during migration
             artifacts = Artifact.objects.filter(pulp_domain=domain, pulp_created__gte=date)
             if count := artifacts.count():
                 pb.total += count
@@ -52,6 +86,14 @@ def migrate_backend(data):
                 continue
             break
 
+    if missing:
+        raise ValidationError(
+            _(
+                "Found missing file(s) for {} artifact(s). Please run the repair "
+                "task or delete the offending artifacts. First missing: {}"
+            ).format(len(missing), missing[0])
+        )
+
     # Update the current domain to the new storage backend settings
     msg = _("Update Domain({domain})'s Backend Settings").format(domain=domain.name)
     with ProgressReport(message=msg, code="update", total=1) as pb: