Yeah, The CEO needs to be "anonymously" informed that he needs a CIO with a higher degree of intelligence and technical expertise. The current one is a waste of flesh.
--Scott ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:25 PM > 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). _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Scott Shafer 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).
