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What is Oracle GoldenGate?

By December 4, 2014March 1st, 20174 Comments

Introduction to Oracle GoldenGate

 

  • It is the strategic replication tool for Oracle database and also for Heterogeneous databases. It means data can be replicated to one another, independent of the database platforms.
  • It is a strategic solution for Real Time Data Integration.
  • It enables mission critical systems to have continuous availability and access to real-time data.
  • It offers a fast and robust solution for replicating transactional data between operational and analytical systems.

Evolution of Oracle GoldenGate

 

  • GoldenGate was founded in 1995 in San Francisco. The company was named after the famous Golden Gate Bridge by its founders, Eric Fish and Todd Davidson.
  • Later In 2009, Oracle acquired the company GoldenGate and so it was called as Oracle GoldenGate.
  • GoldenGate was Originally designed for the fault tolerant Tandem computers, the resilient and fast data replication solution was in demand.
  • The banks initially used GoldenGate software in their ATM networks for sending transactional data from high street machines to mainframe central computers.

 

Key Features Of Oracle GoldenGate

 

  • Supports Heterogenous Replication.
  • High Performance. Able to replicat large volume of data very efficiently with low lag time.
  • High Availability.
  • Reliable and Extremely Resilient to failure and data loss.
  • Zero-DownTime for Upgrades, Migrations and Maintenance
  • Operational Business Intelligence (BI).
  • Live Reporting System.
  • Can be a Disaster Recovery.
  • Flexible Architecture.
  • Real Time Data Integration. Data is replicated in real-time.

 

Architecture / Components of Oracle GoldenGate

 

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  • Manager Process
  • Extract or Capture Process
  • Data Pump Process
  • Collector Process
  • Replicat or Apply Process
  • Trail Files

Manager Process

  • It is the process which manages all the sub processes of the Oracle GoldenGate.
  • The Manager process should be started and running on both the Source and Target Systems.
  • This is the process which should be started initially and firstly on the system before starting any other goldengate processes.
  • It performs a number of functions including monitoring and starting other GoldenGate processes, managing the trail files and also reporting.

 

Extract or Capture Process

  • Extract process runs on the Source System.
  • This process is responsible of capturing changed data from the database.
  • Extract is not only used for capturing DML changes but also DDL changes happening in the database.
  • It performs a number of functions including monitoring and starting other GoldenGate processes, managing the trail files and also reporting.

 

Data Pump Process

  • It is a process which exists on the Source System.
  • This process is also called as Secondary Extract process.
  • The main work of this process is, it reads the data from the Local Trail File and pumps to the Target System via TCP/IP.
  • This process is an Optional One.

 

Collector Process

  • It is a background process which runs on the Target System.
  • It receives the changes from the Source System and writes it to the Trail File.
  • This process is started automatically by the Manager process and known as Dynamic Collector.
  • It can also be started manually and so called Static Collector.

 

Replicat or Apply Process

  • The Replicat process runs on the Target System.
  • This process reads the Transactional Changes as well as DDL changes and applies these changes to the Target System.
  • Multiple Replicat process can be configured in order to increase the performance of the Apply.

 

Trail Files

  • Trail files are the temporary files where the changed data are read from and written to it.
  • It resides in the disk.
  • Extract process writes the captured data change to the trail files.
  • The Replicat process reads the changed data from the trail files.
  • The files which are present in the Local or Source Systems are called Local Trails.
  • The files which are present in the Remote or Target Systems are called as Remote Trails.

 

Supported Topologies or Architecture Flexibility

 

 

Supported Database Platforms and Replications

 

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