http://peertopatent.org/patent/20070150488/activity A method, system and article of manufacture for migration of databases and, more particularly, for optimizing migration of a database from a source system to a target system. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for optimizing migration of a database from a source system to a target system. The method comprises collecting source parameters related to performance characteristics for the database on the source system. On the basis of the collected source parameters and target parameters of the target system database configuration information is generated. The target parameters will affect the operation of the database on the target system as compared to the operation of the database on the source system. The database configuration information is applicable to tune the database to operate on the target system. The method further comprises configuring the database to run on the target system according to the database configuration information. en-us System and method for migrating databases Regarding [[claim 00001]], there is nothing here that is not state of the art. This claim lacks a method of optimization or something else to set it apart from what is already been done throughout the industry. Even 20 years ago, people had software that converted from flat databases to relational databases doing this exact thing. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:04:05 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/patent/20070150488/discussion System and method for migrating databases I agree, there doesn't seem to be anything inventive about this at all. There are many database migration tools available as well which migrate data say from an Oracle database to a SQL Server database, for example: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/solutions/migration/oracle/default.mspx http://www.swissql.com/products/oracle-to-db2/oracle-to-db2.html http://www.sqledit.com/mk/ http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/migration/index.html These by their nature apply optimisation techniques as part of the data migration. Another angle on prior art for this invention is that database mirroring technology has been around for many years. Many vendors allow new machines to be brought into the mirror set on demand and thus migrate/mirror the data onto that machine automatically. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:46:06 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/patent/20070150488/discussion System and method for migrating databases This isn't novel at all. Engineers have been writing programs and tools to optimize databases for decades. A quick search returned a number of papers describing specific techniques and products which use various implementations: Reengineering of database intensive application http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=773126.773136 Reactive provisioning of backend databases in shared dynamic content server clusters http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1186778.1186780 Centerfield Technology's Database Assessment technology: http://www.centerfieldtechnology.com/tools/analysisoffer.asp Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:34:57 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/patent/20070150488/discussion