Re: Suitability of Oracle for 24 hour by 7 day operations

From: Satar <satar_at_my-dejanews.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 22:00:15 GMT
Message-ID: <79agta$3ho$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

Of course. My experience with using Oracle in a 24x7 shop was a positive one. In Oracle 8i, one of thier focuses in design was High Availability.

Regards,
Satar
Oracle DBA/UNIX System Admin
"Opinions are the result of the voices in my head only, and do not reflect my employer or Oracle Corporation."

In article <36B5CBA6.5ECA_at_mailbox.police.qld.gov.au>, dba_at_mailbox.police.qld.gov.au wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> I am not an Oracle DBA and have been asked to look at the suitability
> of Oracle in a 24 Hour * 7 Day a week operations. Many of our
> databases etc require max uptime and the most frequent shutdown
> schedule is 1-2 hours once a fortnight.
>
> After an unexpected failure we require rapid database recovery. We are
> a HP-UX site. Ignoring hype is Oracle really suited for 24 hour ops in
> a unix environment?
>
> My email address is dba_at_mailbox.police.qld.gov.au
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Ross Hall
> DBA Co-ord
> Queensland Police Service
>

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