Case Study: Health Research Organization achieves real-time data availability and cost savings with Quest SharePlex

Health research organization ensures data availability with SharePlex

A U.S.-based health research organization (about 350 employees) that analyzes large volumes of medical data from a health information exchange needed a scalable, cost‑effective way to keep a growing 50 TB research database synchronized without impacting production systems. Oracle GoldenGate proved too costly, complex and required an expensive edition upgrade, so the team sought an alternative that would support real‑time replication and a planned move to PostgreSQL.

They implemented Quest SharePlex for its Oracle-to-Oracle and Oracle-to-PostgreSQL replication, lower cost and strong support. SharePlex delivered near‑real‑time data integration, customizable filtering and easier implementation, enabling phased migration to PostgreSQL, saving thousands in licensing fees, and supporting critical use cases (including COVID dashboards and lightweight reporting databases) while improving researcher access and performance.