What is the purpose of the standby that is on the same box? It's not very useful for disaster recovery, which is the original intent for Standbys. What do you mean by this statement? My feeling is that will speedup a rebuild should we ever have to switch over and switch back. Ric Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. Hotsos Symposium 2009 dedicated to performance and nothing but performance March 8 - 12, 2009 in Dallas, Texas Be there. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Latham Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:56 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Standby on Same box Oracle 10g and 11g. REDHAT LInux I have just been told by a consultant that a standby on the same box as a primary is not recommended.(We also have a standby on another box) My feeling is that will speedup a rebuild should we ever have to switch over and switch back.Any views? -- Howard A. Latham -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l