I saw a good example of this at an OpenWorld session this year. The presentors had built a "logical" database spread across three physically separate sites. Each site used RAC for its database and application servers, and the databases were kept in sync using advanced (multi-master) replication. Web traffic to the app servers was managed using hardware load balancers. Between the three sites, they've had 100% uptime for 5 years. You can download the PDF of their presentation from Oracle's Openworld site. It is titled "Database Consolidation for Enterprise Cost Reduction." On 11/13/2005 10:19 PM, Pete Sharman wrote: > RAC is part of the solution. Streams, DataGuard or Advanced Replication can > also be a different part of the solution. But you need a combination of the > different technologies, AND even more importantly processes that support HA > (like proper change control and so on) before you have a complete solution. --------------- Jason Heinrich Oracle Database Administrator Pensacola Christian College (850) 478-8496 x2509 jheinrich@xxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l