On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Upendra N <nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you go with Data guard you need to have Oracle Enterprise Edition (hope > you already know this..) and your data guard site should also be licensed > similar to production with all the Enterprise Edition options. If you use > SAN based replication you may be able avoid purchasing the Oracle licenses > as long as you use your data guard site <15 days in a year. Oracle keeps > changing these policies, you may want to review the current licensing > document if you choose this approach. > > That's not my reading of the current policy! http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/data-recovery-licensing-070587.pdf -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info