There seems to be a bit of confusion here. RAC is not related to "standby database". DataGuard is the big enhancement for standby databases in 9i. RAC is the name for the 9i incarnation of OPS (Oracle Parallel Server.). If the "database to be mirrored", then it is completely independent of OPS/RAC - which shares a single database. It could be a standby database, geo-mirroring, ...
The term "mirror accessible" sounds like it came from one of those pseudo-technical trade magazine articles that are famous for misinforming senior IT management. ;-) -Don Granaman [OraSaurus] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:10 PM > Jay - I did a search on Google and that returned nada, so I don't believe > that "mirror accessible" is a bona fide term. However, looking at your words > "Oracle has a product . . . database to be mirrored for reporting purposes", > he might be referring to Oracle9i's Real Application Clusters. > In the Oracle 8i incarnation, there was a limitation with a standby > database. The standby could be made current by applying the redo logs from > the production database (using recovery), then opened and used for > reporting. But you couldn't have both - currency and reporting. I think I > heard that with Oracle 9i RAC this limitation has been bypassed so you can > do reporting while the logs are continuing to be applied. Don't take my word > for it (this is Friday after all), but you might want to look at RAC, and > maybe someone more knowledgeable than me will respond on this list. > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:47 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > My CIO woes continue. My manager has been told by the CIO that Oracle has a > product called "mirror accessible" which allows the database to be mirrored > for reporting purposes. He wants us to use this product. > > Now I'm familiar with the EMC solution, Quest's Shareplex, Oracle Standby > and Oracle Replication but he says it isn't any of these. Any idea what he > might be talking about? > > Jay Miller -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don Granaman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
