Concepts are always the best place to start. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/concepts.htm#i1029121 Maximum availability and maximum protection are the answers in your case. --romas On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 8:20 PM, sol beach <sol.beach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In any Data Guard configuration can a physical standby be "maintained" in > a state where it would be more current than the latest archived redo > logfile? > Can a physical standby instance reflect transactions WITHOUT doing a redo > logfile switch? > > I am willing to RTFM if anyone can point me at any URLs or Metalink notes > which contain answers to my questions. >