A REVIEW ON DATABASE MIGRATION STRATEGIES, TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS

Abstract

A Relational Database Migration (RDBM) has constantly complex, tedious, and amplified procedure because of heterogeneous structures and information sorts of RDB. This paper shows the sorted writing audit of existing relocation methods, overviews the interpretation strategies, furthermore talks about specialized issues for making the movement process compelling. This review assesses the impact of existing migration strategies and shows how it has been designed according to recent trends. In software industries plenty of Database Migration Tools (DBMTs) are available, but finding effective one is still risky task. Hence, we have reviewed some of Database Migration Tools (DBMTs) and suggested several basic criteria for evaluating migration toolkits. The discussion of these issues will help the researchers and also database practitioner in planning migration projects.