Migrate Oracle Database workload to Cloud : Re-host (Lift and Shift),Re-platform, Refactor

Migrate database workload to Cloud 

When Migrating database and application to cloud ,it is very important to keep in mind the business goals ,application and database capabilities and cost of migration .

There are different strategies for different application and database migrations goals .

• Re-host (Lift and Shift) - Oracle on EC2

    Same administration experience as on-premise   

    Full Control over the environment 

    All feature is available 

    All version is supported 

• Re-platform - Oracle on RDS

    Optimized Architecture

    Database Install and Maintenance

    Automated Patching & Upgrade 

    Automated Backup 

    High Availability 

    OS Patching & Maintenance 

    Scaling

• Refactor (Rearchitect) - Adopt Cloud Native Services

            Amazon Aurora

            Amazon Redshift

            PostgreSQL

            Other database engine 

            Eliminate Oracle Licensing Cost