System-Level Planning
At the system level, depending on which conversion method you use, you will have two or three full production databases—backup, source, and for buffer copy, target—as well as disk space and memory requirements for processing. The schedule for your conversion will also depend on a number of variables.
Note: For purposes of this planning discussion, the backup of the source database is assumed to reside on a separate network disk; all recommendations are for production databases only and exclude the backup.