Question : Sybase ASE : Data Migration Information required

Hi,

Could anyone please share approximate time required for the following from the past experiences with Cross platform Sybase Migrations on Unix / Linux platforms?
e.g. for cross platform 100 GB database migration (UltraSPARC/Solaris 9 to Xeon/Red Hat Linux), it took 32 min for Dump and 2 hrs 28 minutes for Load.
What kind of performance (data transfer rate GB/min) can be achieved for the following approaches:
 1. BCP
 2. Sybmigrate
 3. Dump
 4. Load

We require this information to determine duration for production roll out. We have experience with dump/load, but have not used BCP or Sybmigrate for whole database migration.

Any pointers will be appreciated. Many thanks for your time.

Answer : Sybase ASE : Data Migration Information required

Joe,

I just saw your comments after I have written my post. I think the cases bcp or sybmigrate faster is rare and you need to work on it a lot to make that option faster. Sybmigrate may do the job faster if you can utilize enough number of engines in parallel. But, you need to test your configuration. Also by using sybmigrate, you can exclude big indexes during migration and create them afterwards so that you can change the server configuration between each index creation. However, it requires a lot of scripting and testing.