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Justin John

Author: Justin John

Migrating Oracle Databases from Exadata to Amazon RDS for Oracle: Addressing Performance Considerations

In this post, we provide a comprehensive guide for addressing performance considerations when migrating Oracle databases from Exadata to Amazon RDS for Oracle. We explore methods to analyze Exadata workload characteristics, including determining Smart IO usage, examining database-level I/O patterns, and identifying SQLs that utilize Exadata-specific features. We also discuss various alternatives available on RDS for Oracle to mitigate potential performance impacts.