Replication of unstructured staged data between database deployments

A system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• identifying staged data for replication from a first database deployment of a network-based database system to a second database deployment of the network-based database system, the staged data comprising unstructured data items stored in a storage device of the first database deployment, the second database deployment being a remote deployment from the first database deployment;
• generating, at the second database deployment, a copy of the staged data of the first database deployment;
• replicating, by at least one hardware processor, a directory database table from the first database deployment to the second database deployment, the directory database table comprising a list of the unstructured data items stored in the storage device of the first database deployment, the replicating of the directory database table comprising generating, at the second database deployment, a copy of the directory database table of the first database deployment;
• replicating stage metadata from the first database deployment to the second database deployment, the stage metadata identifying locations of the unstructured data items in the storage device at the second database deployment;
• copying, using the stage metadata, the unstructured data items from the storage device at the first database deployment to the second database deployment;
• and
• replicating the unstructured data items from the first database deployment to the second database deployment using the directory database table and the stage metadata.

A computer-storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

• identifying staged data for replication from a first database deployment of a network-based database system to a second database deployment of the network-based database system, the staged data comprising unstructured data items stored in a storage device of the first database deployment, the second database deployment being a remote deployment from the first database deployment;
• generating, at the second database deployment, a copy of the staged data of the first database deployment;
• replicating, by at least one hardware processor, a directory database table from the first database deployment to the second database deployment, the directory database table comprising a list of the unstructured data items stored in the storage device of the first database deployment, the replicating of the directory database table comprising generating, at the second database deployment, a copy of the directory database table of the first database deployment;
• replicating stage metadata from the first database deployment to the second database deployment, the stage metadata identifying locations of the unstructured data items in the storage device at the second database deployment;
• copying, using the stage metadata, the unstructured data items from the storage device at the first database deployment to the second database deployment;
• and
• replicating the unstructured data items from the first database deployment to the second database deployment using the directory database table and the stage metadata.