*Why would someone choose Shareplex over Goldengate?* $20K per cpu might be a reason :-) On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:58 AM, kyle Hailey <kylelf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Goldengate vs Shareplex > Why would someone choose Shareplex over Goldengate? > > just curious, not really in the market. > > - Kyle > http://dboptimizer.com > > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Vishal Gupta <vishal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> I have used Shareplex in past back in 9i and 10g days when Oracle AQ could >> scale up to replicate 10-15million transaction/day and still keep data >> latency low. Shareplex was great for Oracle to Oracle replication. I dont >> know about the price though. >> >> If you are looking for something cross RDBMS, then you could also go for >> GoldenGate. >> >> >> On 27 Jul 2011, at 17:07, Amaral, Rui wrote: >> >> > We had it at my previous employer a few years ago as well. It worked but >> expensive and a bit of a memory hog in our environment. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: >> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Ferguson >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:05 PM >> > To: RStorey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Cc: oracle-l-freelists >> > Subject: Re: Shareplex >> > >> > Tried it several years ago and finally dropped it. It was SUPER >> > expensive, and we (myself and the Quest folks) could never get it to >> > work correctly with Oracle 10g and Windows 2003 Server. Everything >> > they tried still failed, so after spending $65K on it and over a year >> > of effort, we dropped it. >> > >> > You are also prety much correct in what it does, though the setup for >> > it was far less than dataguard. >> > >> > -- >> > -- Bill Ferguson >> > -- >> > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> > >> > >> > >> > NOTICE: Confidential message which may be privileged. Unauthorized >> use/disclosure prohibited. If received in error, please go to >> www.td.com/legal for instructions. >> > AVIS : Message confidentiel dont le contenu peut être privilégié. >> Utilisation/divulgation interdites sans permission. Si reçu par erreur, >> prière d'aller au www.td.com/francais/avis_juridique pour des >> instructions. >> > -- >> > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> > >> > >> >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> >> > -- Connor McDonald =========================== email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk "Semper in excremento, sole profundum qui variat"