No I didn't like my reply now that I read it. It should say you
don't necessarily need replication. As with all things Oracle,
it really depends.
For our small environment, non replication is much easier to
maintain.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yosi
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 2:45 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Reporting database
>
>
> You don't need replication. You can simply create tables on one
> machine across a db link fom the first. Depends on the volume and
> type of data.
>
> We (only a few Gb) rebuild our reporting environment from transaction.
> Reporting doesn't have ALL the tables from OLTP, just the
> ones we need,
> somewhat denormalized, summarized, etc.
>
> G'luck.
>
> Yosi
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Terrian, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 7:26 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Reporting database
> >
> >
> > 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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