Hi all, Is this one good? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974599352/103-0891699-0877465?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance I can see the review from Mr. Burleson who was apparently an editor as well (well, expected for Rampant Press). The comment seem a bit odd to me: > As the editor for this book I was able to read the in-depth utility of > Oracle Streams and see how it is going to be a super-hot technology. Oracle > Streams is a great replacement for the older standby-database technology and > it's is also a great alternative to Oracle RAC clusters. > > Best of all, Oracle Streams is a great way to set-up a disaster recovery > server, and also use the server for traffic. Tumma did an exceptional job on > this book and I highly recommend it for anyone considering failover or > disaster recovery solutions. > > Madhu's text goes far-beyond the nuts-and-bolts and he shares real-world > secrets and techniques for using Oracle Streams in a mission-critical > environment. If you need to understand high-speed Oracle replication, this > is a must-have book. I am really surpised to consider Oracle Streams anywhere close to replacement of RAC. I am also quite skeptical to that it's an appropriate solution for DR... well, maybe... maybe... Anyway, I promised that two books from this Sir are the last ones that I have on my bookshelf (one of them was only edited by him though). No surprise on this one: > 0 of 3 people found the following review helpful > Is there an alternative reading (besides manuals) on Oracle Streams? I would buy this one but after few recent notes/blogs from some prominent authors I am kind of reassured that it might be just loosing my time. Or maybe this one is good to have? -- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev