I think Streams is not supported after 11gR2, though (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/server.121/e17642/deprecated.htm#UPGRD60058). Deborah From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:09 PM To: Maureen English Cc: Oracle-L Freelists Subject: Re: options for standby database On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Maureen English <maureen.english@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From what I understand, AWS Cloud is Linux only. Hi Maureen, Not exactly, as you can also get Windows - that probably does not help though. As already suggested, GoldenGate would be a good option. Streams would also work (and is not extra co$t) , but significantly more work is involved in configuring Streams as opposed to GG. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Sr Oracle DBA at Pythian Pythian Blog http://www.pythian.com/blog/author/still/ Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com