Re: Cloning vs replication/snapshots

Chuck:

Unfortunately, Oracle's replication leaves much to be desired. You will get this task accomplished tremendously quicker by copying everything (cold) at the OS level. If you're interested in a good replication product for Oracle, go take a look at Quest Software's SharePlex Replication. Their web-site is www.quests.com. There's a very good white paper there by Eyal Aronoff.

Good luck,
Dave

Chuck Isaacson wrote in message <6ckolj$72i_at_gumball.cts>...
>Can the snapshot/replication facility be used in place of cloning to
>duplicate a database? I have to duplicate an 18 gig database and am
>looking for the best way to do this. I am familiar with cloning and
>have used this method repeatedly.
>
>In going thru the available doc on snapshots and replication it appears
>to best be used for a few tables across multiple nodes not for 2000+
>tables over a single instance.
>
>Thanks for any ideas.
>
>Chuck ccisaac_at_mtu.edu
>
>
Received on Sat Feb 21 1998 - 00:00:00 CST