Re: Standby Server requirements in 10G

Hey Barry,

   You can still run Data Guard in managed recovery mode by transferring logs manually

   and having some job regularly recover the database .. even in 10g. I happen to run 2 standby

   databases in 10g where one is in manged recovery and the other is in manual recovery.

   The manual recovery is setup over a WAN because and I've hit some issues with network

   timeouts etc that have not been pleasant.

 There are some nice benefits with the "managed recovery" approach that are worth investigating.
  Specifically the ability to "switchover" from one standby to the other is quite nice and makes the
  switch clean...meaning the data guard processes take care of a lot of the extra work... This also
  assumes that you've used RMAN to create the standby...

  A lot also depends on the level of protection that the databases are in.
  Bottom line is that there are pros and cons with either manual or managed recovery, so if your
  scripts work, use them... If the customer doesn't see the benefits of managed recovery, then
  you don't need to give them managed recovery.

--peter Received on Tue Dec 13 2005 - 13:46:20 CST