The Oracle Database Connector
Retire the license. The data stays.
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Oracle Database licensing is one of the most reliably painful line items in enterprise IT. Archon’s Oracle Database Connector gives organizations a structured exit: extract tables, views, partitioned data, LOBs, audit trails, and schema metadata from Oracle 11g through 21c — archive to open Parquet/Delta Lake — and retire the instance.
No OEM support contract. No Oracle runtime. Full audit access, permanently.
- Tables, views, partitioned data, LOBs, and audit trails via JDBC (thin or OCI)
- Schema structure, sequences, stored procedure metadata preserved
- Cross-schema query via Archon Analyzer — no Oracle license post-archive
- SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, and industry-specific retention policy support
Capabilities
Everything You Need for Oracle Database Data Operations
Full schema and historical data extraction
Tables, views, sequences, partitioned data, LOBs, and audit trails extracted with schema structure and relational integrity intact. No PL/SQL extraction scripts required.
License and infrastructure cost elimination
Oracle Database and OEM support are among the highest infrastructure costs in enterprise IT. Archon delivers historical data in open format — independently of any Oracle runtime — so the instance and its support contract can go.
Cloud migration data offloading
Organizations migrating active Oracle workloads to Oracle Cloud, PostgreSQL, or AWS RDS use Archon to offload inactive historical data to Lakehouse before cutover. Reduces migration volume and keeps compliance retention independent of the destination system.
Compliance and audit trail preservation
SOX Section 802, GDPR Article 5, and HIPAA §164.530(j) retention requirements met through WORM-immutable, cryptographically hashed Oracle archives. Audit trails preserved with full timestamp integrity.
Use Cases
How Enterprises Use the Oracle Database Connector
01 Oracle license retirement
Legacy Oracle 11g or 12c instances retained solely for compliance data access retired after archiving. OEM support contracts eliminated. Archive permanently accessible without Oracle.
02 Cloud migration historical data offload
Inactive historical data offloaded to Lakehouse before cutover — reducing migration volume and eliminating the need to carry historical tables into the destination system.
03 Application decommissioning
Legacy LOB applications built on Oracle retired, with underlying schema data archived by Archon before shutdown. Schema documentation, audit trails, and historical records preserved indefinitely.
04 SOX and regulatory audit support
Multi-year transactional records produced through Archon Analyzer without DBA involvement or a live Oracle instance.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Connection | JDBC (Oracle JDBC driver; thin or OCI) |
| Supported versions | Oracle Database 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c, 21c |
| Data scope | Tables, views, sequences, partitioned data, LOBs, audit trails, historical snapshots |
| Output formats | Parquet, Delta Lake, Avro, XML, CSV, TXT, TSV, Excel |
| Metadata | Schema structure, column definitions, constraints, sequences, stored procedure metadata |
| Transformations | 1,000+ built-in; schema normalization included; DATE, TIMESTAMP, NUMBER precision, XMLType handled |
| Retention schedules | SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, SEC Rule 17a-4, industry-specific schedules |
| Security | TLS 1.3 in transit · AES-256 at rest · WORM · Cryptographic hashing |
How It Works
Up and Running in 4 Steps
01
Connect
Authenticate via JDBC to Oracle Database 11g through 21c. Archon auto-discovers all schemas, tables, views, sequences, partitions, and stored procedure metadata. 02
Map & Configure
Define schema and table scope, partition strategy, LOB handling, and jurisdiction-specific retention schedules. Configure PII masking for GDPR compliance. 03
Validate
Dry-run against sample Oracle schemas. Quality report flags null primary keys, partition mismatches, and LOB extraction anomalies before full extraction. 04
Archive and monitor
Cryptographic hashes and trusted timestamps applied per table and per row. Data searchable via Archon Analyzer on ingestion.FAQ
Common Questions About the Oracle Database Connector
- 1. Does Archon support Oracle partitioned tables?
Yes. Range, list, hash, and composite partitioned tables handled — partition structure preserved with partition-level selective archiving available.
- 2. Can Archon archive Oracle LOBs (CLOBs, BLOBs)?
Yes. CLOBs and BLOBs extracted and archived alongside structured table data with full metadata linkage.
- 3. Can Archon archive Oracle without DBA involvement or downtime?
Yes. Read-only JDBC extraction with configurable parallelism and throttling — no DBA intervention, zero production downtime.
- 4. Does archived Oracle data satisfy SOX Section 802?
Yes. WORM-immutable, cryptographically hashed archive satisfies SOX Section 802 requirements for non-alterable financial record retention with verifiable integrity.
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