MongoDB Moves to Ease Migrating from Oracle with Relational Migrator
The new migration connector is also compatible with Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
June 10, 2022
MONGODB WORLD — MongoDB is gunning to make it easier to move from Oracle and other databases with its new MongoDB Relational Migrator. Introduced at this week’s MongoDB World in New York, the connector also links to Microsoft’s SQL Server, MySQL and PostreSQL.
The SQL migration tool is among a wide range of new offerings that MongoDB revealed at its annual conference. The company also previewed its SQL Interface that will provide connections to popular visualization tools including Microsoft’s PowerBI, Tableau and Looker. Also noteworthy was the introduction of a search tool for MongoDB Atlas, the SaaS-based offering that’s MongoDB’s fastest growing offering.
However, partners will significantly benefit from the new MongoDB Relational Migrator, according to MongoDB channel chief Alan Chhabra. Moving existing workloads is the key to getting engagements off the ground for customers frustrated with SQL’s limitations, he noted.
Dev Ittycheria, MongoDB’s president and CEO (pictured above), emphasized those limitations during his opening keynote at this week’s gathering.
“We know that relational databases have way too many limitations,” Ittycheria said. “They’re too rigid, too inflexible, too cumbersome, too costly and just don’t scale. And other people know that too.”
Better than Lift-and-Shift
Moving to MongoDB’s cloud-based document database is a better option than lift-and-shift migration of Oracle database servers, Chhabra emphasized.
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MongoDB’s Alan Chhabra at MongoDB World 2022