Hi Subodh, Yes, multimaster. Only one person followed up, I got some good info about datamirror and that was about it. Seems no one has experience with 3rd party replication tools... thanks, Anthony -----Original Message----- From: askdba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:askdba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Subodh Deshpande Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 5:38 AM To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [askdba] Re: 2 way replication Hello Anthony, any news about the subject matter :) is the two way replication same as multi master replication... thanx in advance..take care..subodh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Molinaro" <amolinaro@xxxxxxxx> To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [askdba] 2 way replication Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:01:27 -0500 >=3D20 > hello fellow database geeks, > just wanted to get your opinions on replication for oracle (currently > ora 9.2.0.4). >=3D20 > we are moving to a bi-directional replication system and have been > looking at >=3D20 > quest's shareplex. >=3D20 > does anyone have experience with this? how about any other 3rd party > replication software? >=3D20 > at this point we're not really considering oracle's replication as: >=3D20 > 1. shareplex is less work for me :) >=3D20 > 2. shareplex seemed a bit nicer for what we need >=3D20 > i'd love to hear any/all feedback/war stories/opinions. >=3D20 > thanks, >=3D20 > Anthony Good Luck..Subodh Deshpande =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D =3D3D=3D =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D Experience Is Knowledge Wisdom Is Philosophy =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D =3D3D=3D =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D --=3D20 _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at=3D once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com