RE: Experience with Quest Shareplex

Thanks Raj, had a laugh over that one. My instant reaction is that the sales rep sensed that there wasn't going to be a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow and decided to donate his problem to his competitor.

   Seriously, I've found that replication is one of those things that looks better the further you are from it. On closer inspection, it doesn't look so great. Organizations often run into problems and think that by flipping the magic replication switch, all their problems will disappear. The vendor hopes that the ink dries on the check before reality sets in.

   Your organization needs to take a careful look at what problems they are experiencing and their alternatives for dealing with those problems. In terms of WAN response, there are a lot of alternatives that should be considered before resorting to replication. Once those alternatives have been exhausted, then a careful study of the replication requirements should be undertaken. Then you are in a position to discuss your needs knowledgeably with vendors, and to be taken seriously by them. Replication can solve problems, but it can also create even greater problems, so it needs careful study.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
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Unfortunately this was from vendor's sales rep.  

Raj

Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc.

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>From indirect experience it is another layer of administration and requires
some manually steps depending on the configuration of your database/system. Again, for that reason might want to consider Oracle's similar product that way you won't get stuck in the vendor vs. vendor he-said/she-said thing.

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Last I heard about shareplex that it still had some problems with IOTs and user defined types ... they seems to be working on those though ...  

Raj

Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc.

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Hasn't Oracle basically built-in this same functionality in a current version of the RDBMS - wouldn't you want to check that out first? - Just a thought.

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Does anyone have experience with a product called Shareplex by Quest Software. We have some remote access performance issues and my management is looking at this product as a possible solution for a distributed database.

thanks,
Peter Schauss
Northrop Grumman Corporation
schaupe_at_mail.northgrum.com

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