Sameer Malik

Like all RDMS, PostgreSQL was originally designed as a database system for single-server deployments. The PostgreSQL rich ecosystem includes several extensions and features/functionality that enable PostgreSQL to run in a distributed configuration.

Migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL often raises questions about replacing powerful Oracle features like Materialized Views, Flashback Queries, Virtual Columns, Oracle RAC, and PL/SQL Packages.

Like all RDMS PostgreSQL was originally designed as a database system for single-server deployments, PostgreSQL rich ecosystem includes several extensions and features/functionality that enable PostgreSQL to run in a distributed configuration.

Migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL is a complex, multi-stage process that involves a variety of technologies and skills. This presentation will explore the key challenges faced during this migration, from the initial assessment to the final cutover.

Customers are looking to migrate off Oracle due to Vendor lock-in, Punitive licensing which results in license audits. Customer are required to pay for Initial license costs, each new features and options require additional licenses and they must license for the peak load .

This session is for organizations migrating high-transactional throughput and low-latency applications backed by Oracle databases to AWS. We present a design for deploying Oracle databases on EC2 I3 instances that meet high availability and durability requirements.

If you’d like to move your Oracle databases to the cloud, this workshop is for you. We review the basics of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) and how Oracle databases run in Amazon RDS.