Re: Q: System mirroring via archived redo logs

In article <3o7l0d$blp_at_akira.pindar.com> neils_at_pindar.com writes:
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>Our current system (7.0.16 on Solaris 2.3) uses triggers to mirror the database
>to a backup machine. This works, but is a bit slow.
>I've been told it's possible to mirror the system by using the archived redo logs
>from the primary computer to on the backup one. Does anyone have any info (setup,
>reliability, performance, etc.) on this? Oracle are supposed to have a white
>paper on this, but I've been unable (so far) to get it from them.
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>Please mail replies, and I'll post a summary.
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>Thanks,
> Neil
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This is not supported and positively dangerous unless you know EXACTLY what you're doing. It can and does work however if implemented properly on IDENTICAL systems. It will be properly implemented and fully supported in a future release I think.

Hope this helps

shiraz

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