Case Study: Ginnie Mae achieves Oracle database high availability on AWS GovCloud with Effectual and FlashGrid Cluster

Effectual helps Ginnie Mae migrate to AWS GovCloud, uses FlashGrid Cluster for database high availability

Ginnie Mae, a U.S. Government corporation within HUD, needed to migrate its critical Oracle database application to AWS GovCloud without making any code changes while meeting a strict uptime SLA. The challenge was achieving high availability for an application incompatible with Amazon RDS. Partnering with AWS consultancy Effectual, they turned to FlashGrid for a solution to enable Oracle RAC on AWS.

FlashGrid provided its FlashGrid Cluster solution to implement a fully automated, lift-and-shift of Oracle RAC onto AWS EC2. This provided the required active-active high availability, met all compliance requirements, and allowed deployment in under two hours using Infrastructure-as-Code. For Ginnie Mae, the solution with FlashGrid and Effectual resulted in a successful, on-time migration that modernized their infrastructure, minimized risk, and provided a robust foundation for future innovation.

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Jeremy Yates

Deputy Technology Architect