I use the words duplicate and clone interchangably. What used to be called cloning a database can now be accomplished using the DUPLICATE command in RMAN. A standby database can be created by duplicating/cloning and is used as a backup database for disasters, etc. HTH, Ruth -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rivaldi Bahar Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 6:18 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RMAN -Help; Duplicate vs Standby What is the difference between Duplicate (cloning ?) database and Standby database ? Which one do you use ? -riv- On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:10:54 -0700 Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: ============================================================================ =============== "Gabung INSTANIA, dapatkan XENIA. Daftar di www.telkomnetinstan.com, langsung dapat akses Internet Gratis.. Dan ..ikuti "Instan Smile" berhadiah Xenia,Tour S'pore, Komputer,dll, info hub : TELKOM Jatim 0-800-1-467826 " ============================================================================ =============== ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------