Re: Data Guard question.

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:47:46 -0700
Message-ID: <42977962.9020705@pacbell.net>

Ron Rogers wrote:

> List,
> I have been looking into using Data Guard as a method of providing HA is =
> the company decides it is an option they want to invest in.
> The question that I have are.
> 1. Using a physical database as the Data Guard, does the second server =
> have to have the exact same physical equipment for the disks or does it =
> just have to be the same directory structure? [...]

Doesn't even require that, since a physical standby can be on the same machine as the primary if desired.

Check the Data Guard manual for the section "Standby Database Directory Structure Considerations" and the DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT and LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT parameters.

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Mark Bole
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