Migrate from Delphix to Windocks
Do you need the entire Delphix platform?
If you primarily use Delphix to deliver databases for development and test, evaluate a simpler and budget-friendly approach: Windocks database virtualization on standard infrastructure, delivered through Docker containers or existing database instances.
Keep Delphix running. Deploy Windocks beside it. Find out what your teams actually use.
Start with actual demand
Find out how much Delphix you actually use.
A renewal is a useful moment to measure the database environments your teams consume.
Run the same dev/test use case with Windocks. Record active environments, peak concurrency, refresh needs and administration effort. Use those results to size capacity and decide which workloads to move.
Start with the capacity being used. Expand when usage expands. Let your evaluation inform the commercial discussion.
Illustrative workload
Three developers.
Three isolated environments.
Windocks can deliver a separate database container for each developer. Build the evaluation around that demand, then test how it changes during a release.
An example of capacity planning, not a pricing quote. Confirm edition, capacity and database licensing for your workload.
Compare the architecture
A shorter path from backups to working databases.
Windocks is a Docker implementation that builds database images from your existing backup and data infrastructure. It does not require a separate proprietary staging appliance. Your database platform determines the supported image and delivery options.
Delphix approach
Typical staged ingestion; connector requirements vary.
Windocks approach
Docker APIs and Kubernetes support on your infrastructure.
Simplified architecture views. Delphix ingestion documentation · How Windocks works
Four reasons to evaluate
Fit the platform to the work.
For infrastructure leaders, database teams and DevOps engineers, the useful comparison is operational: what must you deploy, administer and maintain to deliver the databases people need?
Size for actual use.
Windocks capacity can grow with database containers and environments. Start with a representative team and use observed concurrency to shape the deployment and licensing discussion.
Enterprise pricing is quoted for your requirements. See Windocks editions.
Your infrastructure. Not ours.
Run Windocks on standard Windows or Linux infrastructure. Its Docker API and Kubernetes support fit the container tooling and automation practices your database and platform teams already use.
Choose where clones run.
Deliver writable database clones inside containers or into existing database instances. Give a feature branch an isolated environment, or refresh a test database on an established host.
Evaluate SQL Server database virtualization and Oracle database virtualization against the versions and infrastructure you use.
Masking your team can own.
Delphix offers sophisticated enterprise masking. Windocks takes a different approach: AI-assisted generation of SQL and Python masking logic that your engineers can inspect, change, test and version.
The tradeoff is ownership: your team validates the rules and maintains the code. Delphix also supports customization through its SDK; complex changes call for platform expertise.
Database virtualization built for the container era.
Windocks implements Docker for database environments, with support for Docker APIs and Kubernetes. Define database images and scripts, provision environments through Docker APIs, and integrate database delivery with Kubernetes and CI/CD workflows. Run the tests and retire environments when the work is done.
A focused technical start
Plan a one-day evaluation.
Demonstrate one representative workload before committing to a migration project.
Agree on a supported host, accessible backups and a test workload in advance. Installation, data preparation and image creation time depend on your environment and database size.
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Install
Set up Windocks on an agreed Windows or Linux host.
- 02
Connect data
Make the required backups or database files available.
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Create an image
Define the source, preparation scripts and masking rules.
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Deliver a clone
Provision to a container or instance and run the test workload.
The side-by-side evaluation
Run Windocks beside Delphix.
Make a workload decision before a migration decision.
Keep your existing Delphix service available while you test Windocks with a representative dev/test use case.
- 01
Pick one workload
Choose a database, a team and the workflows they rely on.
- 02
Recreate the use case
Deliver the equivalent dev/test environment with Windocks.
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Measure the work
Compare deployment, infrastructure, administration, masking and concurrent usage.
- 04
Decide what fits
Identify workloads to move and capabilities worth retaining in Delphix.
Where Delphix is stronger
Windocks isn’t intended to replace every Delphix use case.
A credible Delphix replacement strategy starts by separating everyday database delivery from advanced capabilities your organization depends on.
Keep the capabilities you depend on.
If Delphix is central to your disaster-recovery strategy, Windocks is not a replacement for that capability. Delphix supports engine replication and recovery workflows.
If you need its sophisticated enterprise masking and are comfortable with the platform and expertise it requires, Delphix may remain the better fit for those workloads.
Evaluate everyday database delivery.
Windocks is particularly relevant when your primary need is:
- Database virtualization and dev/test databases
- Ephemeral environments and CI/CD
- Database containers and developer self-service
- Point-in-time test environments
- Simpler masking maintained by your engineers
You don’t have to replace everything to reassess what you pay for.
Retain Delphix where its advanced capabilities are valuable. Move ordinary dev/test virtualization where Windocks fits, then review the resulting capacity needs and renewal terms.
Windocks vs. Delphix
Compare the operating model.
Both support database virtualization and test data management. The decision depends on architecture, delivery targets, masking requirements and the capabilities your teams actually use.
| Consideration | Delphix | Windocks |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Continuous Data engine with engine-managed storage; many connectors use staged ingestion. | Docker implementation for database images, containers and writable clones on standard operating-system infrastructure. |
| Infrastructure | Delphix virtual appliance with source, staging and target requirements defined by the connector. | Standard Windows / Linux hosts and existing backup or data infrastructure. |
| Database delivery | Virtual databases provisioned on configured target hosts. | Database containers or existing database instances, according to platform support. |
| Container support | Kubernetes driver for delivering virtual datasets to containerized applications. | Docker implementation with Kubernetes support, including Windocks SQL Server containers and Oracle Linux containers. |
| Licensing approach | Review your contracted products, entitlements and renewal terms. | Size container/environment capacity to demand; enterprise terms are quoted for your requirements. |
| Deployment / evaluation | Requires the relevant engine and connector-specific environments. | Start with a supported host, backups and one workload; agree prerequisites for a focused evaluation. |
| Masking | Sophisticated enterprise discovery, masking and tokenization. | SQL/Python masking logic with AI-assisted generation and engineer validation. |
| Mask customization | Configurable algorithms and Java plugins through an extensible SDK. | Engineers inspect, modify, test and version masking code themselves. |
| DevOps integration | APIs, self-service and Kubernetes integrations. | Docker APIs, Kubernetes, REST APIs and command-line automation for database-environment workflows. |
| Disaster recovery | Engine replication and failover capabilities for recovery use cases. | Not offered as a replacement for Delphix disaster recovery. |
| Best fit | Organizations that need its broader data platform, advanced masking or recovery capabilities. | Dev/test database delivery, containers, CI/CD and engineer-owned masking on standard infrastructure. |
Technical references and comparison scope
Compare the versions, connectors and editions in your environment. Architectural differences do not imply a universal cost or performance advantage.
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Make the next decision with evidence
Before your next Delphix renewal, measure what you’re actually using.
Bring one workload. Compare the infrastructure, the day-to-day work and the capacity your teams consume.