Want to migrate from Percona to Redshift?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Percona to Redshift converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate Percona to Redshift, Easy and Fast.
- Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Create Redshift tables with auto mapping data types. Create Redshift indexes.
Migrate from Percona to Redshift
Login to Percona -> Login to Redshift -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from Percona to Redshift
Choose source Percona database and logon.
Choose target Redshift database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open source Percona.
2. Set “Import Type”.
3. Select Redshift tables to migrate.
4. Migrate from Percona to Redshift.
Create Redshift tables. Copy Percona data to Redshift. Create Redshift indexes.
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Percona → Redshift reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Percona | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | integer |
| Bigint | BIGINT | bigint |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | numeric(p,s) |
| Float | DOUBLE | double precision |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | varchar(n) |
| Long text | LONGTEXT | varchar(max) |
| Date | DATE | date |
| Datetime | DATETIME | timestamp |
| Binary | LONGBLOB | (none) |
| Boolean | TINYINT(1) | boolean |
| JSON | JSON | super |
Dialect differences
Both Percona and Redshift are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Percona | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| port | 3306 | 5439 |
| identifiers | `backtick` | "double quotes" |
| dates | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME | timestamp, date |
| long text | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT | VARCHAR(MAX) |
| binary | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Percona | mysqldump |
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
| Percona (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
No counterpart
- Percona values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Redshift.
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