QUESTION POSED ON: 09 October 2006
We are evaluating a project to utilize open source database SW in place of Oracle. We have isolated the application(s) that we want to move to the OSS database, but are concerned about the level of effort (i.e., data/code migration, tuning) to make this seamless for the users in terms of performance, availability, etc.
We have been told by the company representatives that their open source DB is "Oracle-compatible," requiring little or no effort to move "most applications written for Oracle" to open source "unchanged."
I've downloaded their "Developer Studio" (their tool kit to perform the migration) and it seems to have the funtionality to view multiple databases simultaneously, do SQL profiling and DB performance monitoring, etc. But I sense I am missing something.
Can you provide some insight into the claim that you can migrate most Oracle-based applications unchanged? This sounds too easy.
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