Mitigate the risks involved in migrating away from a proprietary database platform toward
MariaDB's open source database engine. This book will help you assess the risks and the work
involved and ensure a successful migration. Migrating to MariaDB describes the process and
lessons learned during a migration from a proprietary database management engine to the MariaDB
open source solution. The book discusses the drivers for making the decision and change
walking you through all aspects of the process from evaluating the licensing navigating the
pitfalls and hurdles of a migration through to final implementation on the new platform. The
book highlights the cost-effectiveness of MariaDB and how the licensing worries are simplified
in comparison to running on a proprietary platform. You'll learn to do your own risk assessment
to identify database and application code that may need to be modified or re-implemented and
to identify MariaDB features to provide the security and failover protection needed by
corporate customers. Let the author's experience in migrating a financial firm to MariaDB
inform your own efforts helping you to develop a road map for both technical and political
success within your own organization as you migrate away from proprietary lock-in toward
MariaDB's open source solution. What You'll Learn Evaluate and compare licensing costs between
proprietary databases and MariaDB Perform a proper risk assessment to inform your planning and
execution of the migration Build a migration road map from the book's example that is specific
to your situation Make needed application changes and migrate data to the MariaDB open source
database engine Who This Book Is For Technical professionals (including database administrators
programmers and technical management) who are interested in migrating away from a proprietary
database platform toward MariaDB's open source database engine and need to assess the risks and
the work involved
