Oracle DB data transfer to AWS

A typical Oracle database is 1 TB or more in size. This will mean that a T3 line or higher speed line will be needed to move this much data. Otherwise, the AWS import export service can be used. The information below is from the http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/ web page but repeated here for easy of finding.

Connection           Theoretical 80% Utilization    AWS Imp/Exp

T1 (1.544Mb)        82 days                                    100GB or more

10Mbps                  13 days                                    600GB or more

T3 (44.736Mbps)    3 days                                      2TB or more

100Mbps               1 to 2 days                                 5TB or more

1000Mbps             Less than 1 day                         60TB or more

Elapsed time is going to depend on many factors: speed of connection, compression used (if any), can load be done in parallel etc. The fastest load times will happen using AWS import/export (http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/ ). The next fastest will be using AWS Direct Connect (http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect). 

Direct Connect provides speeds of 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps. Using a 1 Gbps line, it would take about 3-4 hours (here is a good site: http://fasterdata.es.net/fasterdata-home/requirements-and-expectations/).