Re: options for standby database

From: Michael Brown <dba_at_michael-brown.org>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 23:31:36 -0400
Message-Id: <1B00C177-E117-466D-A4DD-673688E1FA22_at_michael-brown.org>

I believe that you could also use DBVisit Replicate.

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On May 21, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Maureen English <maureen.english_at_alaska.edu> wrote:

> Thanks!
> 
> David, Golden Gate sounds promising...time to do more research.  I think that
> GoldenGate is pretty expensive, but hey, isn't everything negotiable these days?
> 
> Jared, you're right, Windows doesn't help :-)
> 
> I've also heard that Streams will no longer be supported after 11gR2.
> 
> - Maureen
> 
> 
> On 5/20/2014 12:26 PM, David Fitzjarrell wrote:


>> This sounds like a case for Golden Gate as it can perform cross-endian replication:

>> 

>> Active Data Guard and Oracle GoldenGate <http://www.oracle.com/au/products/database/dataguardgoldengate-096557.html>

>> 

>> It does require licensing but it may be a way to replicate your production database without moving it to Linux.

>> 

>> 	

>> Active Data Guard and Oracle GoldenGate <http://www.oracle.com/au/products/database/dataguardgoldengate-096557.html>

>> A comparison between Active Data Guard and Oracle GoldenGate

>> 	

>> View on www.oracle.com <http://www.oracle.com/au/products/database/dataguardgoldengate-096557.html>

>> 	

>> Preview by Yahoo

>> 

>> David Fitzjarrell

>> Principal author, "Oracle Exadata Survival Guide"

>> On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2:14 PM, Maureen English <maureen.english_at_alaska.edu> wrote:

>> 

>> 

>> Hi,

>> 

>> We currently have our main production database running on HP-UX with a

>> standby database, also HP-UX, at our DR site.

>> 

>> It's possible that we will lose funding for the DR site at some point in

>> the next few years, so management is looking into Amazon Web Services -

>> Cloud Computing Services to host our DR servers.  From what I understand,

>> AWS Cloud is Linux only.

>> 

>> Since Oracle doesn't yet support HP-UX primary/Linux standby, I think

>> that our only option is to move our production database to Linux.  Is

>> that true, or can anyone think of some other option?  Or, is it possible

>> that Oracle might support HP-UX primary/Linux standby in the near future?

>> Or, is HP-UX primary/Linux standby not likely possible any time soon

>> because HP-UX is big-endian and x86-64 is little-endian?

>> 

>> - Maureen

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