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    AWS Database Migration Service

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AAWS Database Migration Service helps users migrate databases to AWS. The source database remains fully operational during the migration to minimize downtime to applications that rely on the database. The vendor states that AWS Database Migration Service can migrate data to and from most widely used commercial and open-source databases.N/A

    SharePlex

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASharePlex from Quest Software is a data replication software offering near real-time replication and supporting a wide variety of databases.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AWS Database Migration ServiceSharePlex
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    User Testimonials
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    Amazon AWS
    As stated previously, AWS Database Migration Service excels when replicating very specific data elements between environments. AWS Database Migration Service handles replication tasks to load equipment assets or customer job sites from production to QA databases very well. Full load replication - e.g., we need an exact copy of the production database in another region - works well. But when we need to load the QA database with the latest production data - it does work as well. AWS Database Migration Service comes up short because we do not want to wipe the QA database completely and make an exact copy. We want to keep what's already in the QA database and add production data so that we can QA with that level of volume. And at least with our database design, we end up having to do a lot of manual data manipulation and de-duplication.
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    Quest Software
    SharePlex really shines when set alongside GoldenGate. The licensing costs of the two products would appear to place them in entirely different ballparks yet they perform nearly identically in practice. SharePlex is suitable for heterogenous replication of one database to another. The list of targets is ever increasing, with support for all major RDBMS vendors as well as support for popular NoSQL and JSON replication. SharePlex is effective when replicating from on-premise to cloud. Whether that's migrating data, creating a high-availability presence in a public or private cloud, or populating a data mart, it does the job quite well.
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    Pros
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    Quest Software
    • SharePlex is highly configurable and versatile. It can handle virtually any kind of data replication needs.
    • SharePlex is very robust. Its message queuing mechanism provides fast data transfer from the source to the target.
    • SharePlex software is very stable and mature, and it is highly scalable and reliable.
    • SharePlex support is exceptionally good. We are very satisfied with its support engineers.
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    Cons
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    Quest Software
    • When first introduced the Change Data Capture process was awkward. Each subsequent release has improved the process.
    • Sometimes the Shareplex monitoring service in Foglight gets overly aggressive in sending out error notifications and can end up spamming the admins with email alerts for one problem. We have had to tone that down.
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    Quest Software
    We depend on it to supply data to our various OLTP and Data Warehouse environments
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    Usability
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    Quest Software
    It is very usable once you get over the initial setup.
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    Quest Software
    Support is very responsive. They take ownership of the problems and see them through to the finish. When a bug is found they work towards developing testing and making the fix available to us to solve the problem.
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    Quest Software
    SharePlex support is an award-winning team, which is available for 24 hours, and any time they have solutions with perfect expertise. Besides, SharePlex has supported data migration, with multiple reporting features that ensure there are comprehensive database evaluations. The simplicity of SharePlex installation also gives it a higher mark, is very efficient, and allows companies to understand it easily.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Set it and forget it for maintaining data consistency - moderate cost, zero to minimal maintenance
    • High touch production data loads into QA - negative ROI engineering time investment far exceeded our predictions
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    Quest Software
    • Postive: easy to replicate data for non-prod use
    • Negative: we spent a lot time due to data out of sync
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