MySQL 8.0 has important performance and security improvements and there are several things to take into account before taking it into production. In this blog, we’ll look at the new MySQL 8.0 features, some deprecations, and what you need to keep in mind before migrating.

PostgreSQL and its underlying platform solutions can help you cut down the high costs associated with an Oracle Database license; all with small to moderate changes. This blog walks you through some of the advantages of migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL for your SQL database needs.

Vendor lock-in, or proprietary lock-in, occurs when a customer becomes dependent on a vendor for products and services. In this blog, we will see how to avoid it using open source tools.

Migrating from proprietary to open source databases poses challenges. In this blog we share some tips on what you should keep in mind while planning the transition.

Cloud is getting more and more popular, more and more people consider moving their database infrastructure from on-prem to EC2. In this blog post we discuss important part of every migration - migrating proxy layer based on ProxySQL from local datacenter to AWS EC2. What are the challenges? How to sync the configuration? You will learn it from this blog post.

This blog provides an overview of the migration process between MySQL Enterprise 8.0 and MariaDB 10.3. In this blog post, we’ll go through some of the most important differences as well as the migration procedures.

Database migrations are painful, as they involve a lot of steps - from creation of the target infrastructure to migrating schema and data, and oh.. a lot of testing. Some of the steps can be automated though, you can rely on Ansible. This blog post presents a playbook that can be used to assist in the process of migrating to Galera Cluster.

Watch the replay of this webinar in which we walk you through all you need to know to plan and execute a successful migration from Oracle database to MariaDB.

So, you are an Oracle DBA and your manager asked you to migrate a couple of Oracle databases to MySQL. Databases are migrated, and now what? How do you manage these MySQL databases?In this blog, we show you how Oracle DBAs can best manage MySQL by covering the basic operations of MySQL with reference to similar tasks in your Oracle environment.

Following our recent blogs showcasing how to migrate from Oracle to MySQL/Percona, then to MariaDB and what you should know, this blog offers extra thoughts and insights before you plan to migrate to MariaDB.

For many organizations, migrating from Oracle to an open source database platform is just a matter of time. An Oracle to MariaDB migration can be a complex multistage process, but choosing the right database architecture and features can reduce the cost and time of the operation. This blog aims to help you better understand the details of the complexities involved and how to overcome them.

This blog provides a high level overview of what you should know if considering a move from IBM’s DB2 to PostgreSQL including a comparison of commands and an examination of the incompatibilities of the databases.

Migrating from Oracle RDBMS to MySQL/Percona Server is an enormous task. This blog offers a basic guide to migration, especially if you're coming from Oracle and have limited knowledge of MySQL. The blog does not offer a step-by-step process, but it provides general information of what you should consider before a migration from Oracle to MySQL/Percona Server.

Migrating ClusterControl to new hardware used to be a pain - you had to reinstall it on the new server, restore configuration/metadata from the old one and redo database grants so the new server can access your managed databases. Not any more! Starting with 1.7.1, it is possible to backup the ClusterControl server in one command and restore it on a new server, with data, grants and all.  This blog shows you how to do this using the s9s CLI.

Watch the replay of this webinar on how to migrate to Galera Cluster for MySQL & MariaDB. Severalnines Support Engineer Bart Oles walks us through what you need to know in order to migrate from standalone or a master-slave MySQL/MariaDB setup to Galera Cluster.