On 1/5/07, Kevin Closson <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You could (and people did) actually maintain standby using custom script since at least version 7 I believe - transfer archive logs and keep the instance in the permanent recovery mode. Double packer! ...poor RPO ... would be better to do distributed block server sort of stuff Like HP EVA CA or YottYotta I should think...and come to think of it with the EE->SE savings you might be able to afford something like YottaYotta
I'm not an expert in replication solutions provided by storage vendors but I did hear some compliments about old good EVA. Even though, I believe this induces some additional dependencies between two storage boxes. On the other hand, storage vendor replication can keep DR site more up to date and up to real time. Cost could be another advantage of manual standby assuming scripting is done properly and management efforts are not high. -- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev The Pythian Group Sr. Oracle DBA http://www.pythian.com/blogs/author/alex/ http://blog.oracloid.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l