Re: Solutions for a parallel system

You might consider 11g's Active Data Guard feature that allows you to use Physical Standby databases while using them for read-only reporting. It's basically the same as physical standby databases in 10g, except that you don't have to stop applying logs when the standby is open read-only. It does cost extra licensing $$$, but may be worth it depending on how important the requirements are to your environment.

More (and prettier) info: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/oracle11g/pdf/active-data-guard-11g-datasheet.pdf

Dan

Ram Raman wrote:
Thanks. If dataguard physical standby works, we will consider it too. Just getting allthe options and deciding on the best one.


 
On 3/5/08, Bradd Piontek <piontekdd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some options:
1. Dataguard - Logical Standby (not all the same restrictions). FYI:
2. Oracle Streams
3. Quest Shareplex
4. Materialized views that fast refresh nightly
5. Snap-copy (SAN vendor) of the database refreshed nightly at disk level
6. Transportable tablespace? (may be a shot in the dark)


On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Ram Raman <veeeraman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
 
We have been requested to come up with a solution for the following problem: We have a production system that is about 200Gb. We want to be able to build a parallel database that will resemble the production and cannot be out of sync with the production by more than 24 hrs. Dataguard was suggested as an option.
  
With dataguard,  my understanding is that the standby will have to be on a server of the same OS level, patch level, disk layout, etc. We do not have such a scenario here. Also they want to be able to work from the parallel environment (they may be making changes on their own). This means dataguard will not work as the standby will have to be in managed recovery mode. Even if we put it in OPEN mode and work on it, there is going to be a huge backlog of logs to be applied later on. I would think that would cause a big delay in refreshing? I was checking the redo log generated in prod for the past month. The average per day seems to be 20GB and maximum of ~60GB/day and min of 5G/day. Not sure how long it would to take to apply 60GB.  Also this kind of setup would require manual intervention from the DBA everyday to put in managed recovery mode, open etc.
  
Can the listers suggest options available for the problem. 10g. We plan on using this in other systems too, which are much smaller.
  
Thanks.
 


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