Enhancing Oracle Migration to Azure with Tessell DBaaS

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Tessell DBaaS
3 min readJun 11, 2024

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The realm of Oracle migration and optimization within Azure has become increasingly pivotal, as underlined by the ongoing efforts of experts, including the insightful contributions from Microsoft Global Black Belt (GBB) team members like Patrik Bihammar out of Australia. His recent blog post update on migrating Oracle workloads to Azure has garnered significant interest from the community. Patrik briefly touched on Tessell in his article, motivating me to delve deeper into the innovative capabilities of Tessell designed for Oracle migrations.

Why Migrate Oracle?

In the ever-evolving landscape of business technology, migrating Oracle workloads to the cloud is not just a trend but a strategic initiative for organizations aiming to leverage the benefits of scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency. At the forefront of simplifying this transition is Tessell DBaaS, a platform that epitomizes simplicity in the migration process. It promises and delivers on the critical aspects of zero downtime and zero data loss, ensuring that businesses can migrate their Oracle workloads without disrupting service delivery.

Streamlining Packaged Apps Migration

Transitioning key Oracle packaged Oracle applications such as EBS and PeopleSoft to the cloud no longer needs to be a daunting task. Tessell DBaaS provides an efficient and seamless migration path, ensuring continuous operations and offering robust support throughout the migration process. This enables businesses to relocate critical applications with minimized concerns, backed by Tessell’s advanced migration capabilities.

Consistent Licensing Models

Recognizing the importance of cost predictability in cloud migration, Tessell DBaaS mirrors the familiar licensing structures of on-premise deployments. This strategic approach helps businesses avoid the complications and typical higher costs associated with any cloud not named OCI, thereby maintaining cost effectiveness as they adopt Azure.

Consolidation Benefits

Migrating to Tessell DBaaS opens up extensive consolidation advantages, allowing enterprises to leverage Azure’s scalability. Organizations can realize significant savings on hardware and operational costs through proactive database consolidation. Tessell’s architecture is purpose-built to foster optimal efficiency and cost savings, reinforcing the value proposition of cloud migration.

Managed DBaaS Enhancements

Beyond merely facilitating migration, Tessell DBaaS introduces a suite of managed services designed to simplify the ongoing routine administration of Oracle databases. Automated patching, regular backup, and one-click recovery solutions are just the tip of the iceberg, assuming minimal operational database management responsibilities for businesses. This enables focusing on core activities, with Tessell ensuring database availability, security, and performance.

Seamless Exadata@Azure Integration

Enterprises leveraging Exadata on-premises can benefit immensely from Tessell’s solutions for a smooth transition to Exadata@Azure, without compromising on uptime or cost. Tessell Airdrop offers seamless simple migration with no downtime. Tessell also provides a unified control plane to manage and transfer data between Exadata and Azure’s native IaaS.

Furthermore, Tessell Database Lifecycle Management (DBLM) for Exadata@Azure, a Microsoft Marketplace offering that includes a suite of services for improved efficiency and flexibility. allows organizations to leverage Exadata’s power coupled with cloud scalability and flexibility. Tessell’s commitment to seamless integration underscores its role as a comprehensive solution for Oracle workload management in the cloud era.

Achieving Exadata-like Performance in Native Azure

Tessell also caters to customers wishing to run resource-intensive Oracle workloads in native Azure. Tessell utilizes the platform’s local NVMe storage solutions to enable extremely high-performance . Its patented technology ensures data durability and exceptionally high IOPS at no cost for the IOPS, a testament to Tessell’s commitment to efficiency and customer-centric solutions.

Migrating Oracle Databases@Your Terms

Tessell stands out by allows for the hosting of the data plane within a customer’s own Azure environment — a compelling draw for large enterprises seeking unparalleled customization flexibility. This groundbreaking approach provides organizations with unprecedented operational autonomy over their databases and infrastructure, balancing control with the convenience of a fully managed database service. Tessell is redefining what it means to manage data in the cloud, delivering Data @Your Terms.

Conclusion

Tessell DBaaS emerges as a holistic and forward-thinking solution poised to redefine Oracle cloud migration. With its suite of features catering to the nuanced demands of enterprise migrations — Tessell stands as a pivotal ally for businesses. It promises not just a migration but a transformation, ensuring a smooth, efficient, and uninterrupted transition of Oracle workloads to the cloud. As organizations look towards harnessing the cloud’s potential, Tessell DBaaS positions itself as the enabler of this evolutionary leap, offering a seamless bridge to a more scalable, flexible, and cost-effective future.

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