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:Thomas.Terrian_at_standardregister.com]
> 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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