【News】Oracle收購GoldenGate有感

secooler發表於2009-08-16
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訊息閉塞，真是訊息閉塞，才看到這個09.07.23日的新聞：Oracle收購GoldenGate！

對於強大的Oracle，在她身上什麼事情都可能發生，不過看到這個新聞之後，我還是非常的驚訝的，畢竟我和GG有過一段非常難以忘懷的故事！

GoldenGate（親切的稱其為GG，我們都這麼稱呼她）是一款跨多個資料庫產品都能提供幾乎接近實時複製（準實時複製）的高階複製軟體。

我和GG不得不說的事兒：
第一次接觸GG是在07年的8月份，當時單位準備上線GG，目標是將主生產資料庫部分核心資料準實時複製到另外一套資料庫用於資料探勘，複製的兩端資料庫都是兩節點Oracle RAC（595滿配）。當時我和GG的專家們一同度過了測試、培訓、上線準備、正式上線以及上線後的故障診斷與處理全過程。

整個過程都是和曾工（他是我心目中GG領域的絕對高手）還有另外一位伊小姐（後來去新加坡讀博士了，應該快畢業了，在這裡也祝她學業有成，一切順利）一同完成的，從曾工那裡學到了不僅僅是技術細節，還有很多很多，向曾工緻敬。

GG的複製原理和Quest公司的SharePlex產品（俺也有幸完成了SharePlex的全面測試任務）都是一樣的，都是挖掘Oracle的日誌（redo和歸檔）然後生成自己的佇列檔案，透過佇列檔案傳輸到目標端，目標端透過讀取相應的佇列檔案在目標資料庫中重演事務。

GG的複製原理和複製效率都是一流的，截止到現在我一直堅信GG的複製效率是最高的。當然GG也有一些小瑕疵，我曾經做過一次非常詳盡的測試，的確發現了一些小問題（商業機密，這裡就不提了），不知道現在的版本有沒有修正。

GG的另外一個大的特點和優勢是：跨不同的資料庫進行復制，目前支援的資料庫有：Oracle、IBM DB2、SQL Server、Sybase ASE和Teradata。（SharePlex只支援Oracle到Oracle的複製）
這一點我想也許是Oracle收購GG最大的動力，這樣Oracle就可以順理成章的觸碰到其他重量級商業資料庫的利益了。這也就能夠解釋為什麼Oracle手裡已經有DataGuard、Stream和曾經收購的Sunopsis還要收購GoldenGate的目的了。

此次收購沒有公佈價格，不過鑑於GoldenGate本身高昂的採購價格，應該也不是一個小數目。

不管怎麼說，在這裡祝福GoldenGate產品越做越好（也只剩祝福了，關鍵還得看Oracle怎麼定位這個高階產品）。

【附】Oracle新聞連結：
copy一份在此：

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Buys GoldenGate Software

Adds Leading Real-time Data Integration Solution to Create Comprehensive Heterogeneous Data Integration Platform.

Redwood Shores, Calif, July 23, 2009

News Facts

Oracle has agreed to acquire GoldenGate Software, Inc., a leading provider of real-time data integration solutions enabling superior IT performance and enterprise decision making.
The addition of technology from GoldenGate extends Oracle’s capabilities with a heterogeneous real-time data integration solution and adds functionality to maintain uptime of business-critical applications during migrations and upgrades.
The combination of GoldenGate and Oracle is expected to create a comprehensive heterogeneous data integration platform.
Customers are expected to benefit from enhanced real-time data movement, replication and synchronization across heterogeneous systems enabling improved business intelligence, while providing high availability of business-critical applications.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to close later this year.
Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Supporting Quotes

“The need to improve operating performance in a global 24x7 environment has led to the need for data integration to support real-time and high availability capabilities,” said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president Oracle Fusion Middleware Product Development. “With the addition of GoldenGate, Oracle expects to help our customers achieve better performance through improved business intelligence and business continuity with real-time information.”
"Oracle and GoldenGate share a common vision to bring a comprehensive data integration solution to customers," said Ali Kutay, GoldenGate Software, Inc. President & CEO. "Our partnership spans more than 10 years and now our joint vision can help companies make better decisions based on more timely, accurate information across multiple systems."

Supporting Resources

Customer Letter

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Oracle Public Relations
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Oracle Investor Relations
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