It can if the log_archive_dest that points to the standby is marked as "Mandatory". Otherwise if the standby is down the primary will just continue one and then RFS/FAL will fetch the missing logs when the standby is back up. On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Sanjay Mishra <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know how FRA filling on Standby can cause outage on > Production.? Has two standby and one primary non-RAC (Both Primary and > Standby) where FRA on one Standby caused Outage on production. Database at > all place is in Max performance mode. Saw this issue earlier few years back > too > > TIA > Sanjay > -- Don Seiler http://www.seiler.us