Tom,
One of the big advantages of a "standby" database is that it can be opened in the 
"read only" mode just for the purpose of a report type database.
Be sure to check all of your options before you make the final decision. The report 
database and the OLTP database could/should have different INIT.ORA parameters to have 
the database operate at peak effeciency.
ROR mª¿ªm

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How are you all creating reporting databases?  We currently have an OLTP
database and we wish to create a reporting database from it.  As I see it,
we have the following options:

1.  Create the reporting database as a Standby database.  I don't think that
this will work since the database must be up and not in standby mode.
2.  Use Oracle replication.  I have heard it is cumbersome and has trouble
keeping up with lots of transactions.
3.  Snapshots/materialized views.
4.  Beef up our current machine so that it can handle OLTP transactions and
reports.
5.  Since we are using a BMC disk array, we could break the mirror
periodically and mount the disks on a new machine.
6.  Other 3rd party replication products.
7.  We could probably use some type of import/exports.

How are the rest of you doing it?  Are there any other options that I
forgot?

Thanks,
Tom


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