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Migrate Amazon RDS for Oracle BLOB column data to Amazon S3

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This article discusses a solution to migrate BLOB (Binary Large Object) data from Amazon RDS for Oracle tables to Amazon S3, allowing you to optimize storage costs and free up space in your RDS instance.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Benefits of using Amazon S3 integration with Amazon RDS for Oracle, such as database storage optimization and secure data exchange
  • Steps to copy existing BLOB data from RDS for Oracle to S3 using SQL functions
  • Modifying the application architecture to read and write BLOB data directly from/to S3 instead of the database
  • Deleting the migrated BLOB data from the RDS instance to reclaim storage space
  • Conclusion summarizing the benefits and steps involved in the solution
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