... or if by "ordered way" you mean order in which redo is applied, maybe a simple delayed redo application from the same primary would fit the bill?As in log_archive_dest_n='SERVICE=... DELAY=N'. Say delay=0 for the first standby and delay=30 for the second standby? Thanks, Boris Dali. --- "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Never done it, but I think what you are looking for > is officially termed > "Cascading Standby" or "Cascading Redo Log > Destinations" and is documented here: ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l