Re: Oracle vs. SQL Server - Fail Safe & Replication

tkimnguyen_at_my-deja.com wrote in <8cteo1$pjt$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>:

>The nice thing about heterogeneous replication is you don't have to
>switch all of your databases to a single vendor's software; you get to
>choose the best of breed. For your failover system you can set up a
>less expensive set of hardware together with less expensive database
>server software, and yet have both copies (or more than 2 copies if you
>like) always remain in synch.

I can't see how the price of the Database software plays into this. By definition, the failover system will not be active until the main system is down. Why are there any additional license fees for the failover server?

Wayne Menzie Received on Mon Apr 10 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT