We wrote our own scripts to manage consistency. They manage the following levels of backup:
1. Snapshots of datafiles at the primary location. 2. Standby database at the secondary location. 3. Tape backup of datafiles at the primary location. 4. Tape backup of datafiles at the standby location. BL> How do you do backups? BL> Do you use RMAN with MML? Do you use NDMP? BL> Tia. >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/16/02 08:28a.m. >>> BL> Dick, BL> We're using Netapp F720's to store all our datafiles (production and BL> test) in a small/medium OLTP environment and are quite happy with the BL> setup. YMMV. BL> We run out of two sets of collocated servers. At each collocation BL> there are at least two filers and at least two servers. The filers and BL> the servers currently have three 100BaseT network connections. One BL> front channel and two back channels. Each LAN segment is switched. BL> Thus any server at a location can connect to any filer at that BL> location. Datafiles can be spread across filers or spread across BL> channels as performance requires. BL> The WAFL does indeed write to the nearest available inode and relinks BL> the inode map. The unlinked inode is immediately available for BL> rewrite unless it is a member of a snapshot. Thus while reserving BL> unlinked blocks is inefficient from a storage perspective, it is a BL> factor you get to control by controlling the snapshots. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Robert Eskridge 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).