Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h78NTOj28801 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:29:24 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.212 Received: from www3.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-212.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.212]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h78NTJp28788 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:29:23 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by www3.fatcity.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h78L5XI31585 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 14:05:33 -0700 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005C9AF9; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 13:59:23 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 13:59:23 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Goulet, Dick" Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Goulet, Dick" Subject: RE: SharePlex Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C35DF0.935AE44C" ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35DF0.935AE44C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nelson, =20 SharePlex does the same basic thing that Oracle does for the logical = standby, as a matter of fact if your running 9i why not use that instead = of Quests's pricey tool? I don't believe there is any additional cost = to using logical standby over the second server license that your going = to have to pay anyway. =20 Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA=20 -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 5:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello,=20 Quest is trying to sell us a product named SharePlex. It sounds very = attractive, but then sales people are supposed to be good at that. We = are a mid sized company, about 2.2 billion per year, running Financials = 11.5.7. We are interested in this for HA and for reporting instance = use. =20 =20 We use Cognos as our query tool and the owners of this product tells me = that we can't tune the SQL it emits. It makes pretty poor choices, = which is not surprising for a gooey, sticky tool designed for end users. = It is sort of pretty and if you can drool you too can generate cross = products. Anyway , I'd like to get them off the production box. =20 Does SharePlex allow you to stay close to the production instance in = time? Does the store and forward work well? Do you love it? Hate it? = Anything you'd like to say about this product I'd like to hear Thanks in advance=20 =20 Allan L. Nelson Oracle DBA=20 M-I L.L.C. (832) 295-2238 office (832) 351-4180 fax anelson@midf.com < mailto:anelson@midf.com>=20 _________________________________________________________________________= _____ This email is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is = addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. = Copying, forwarding or distributing this message by persons or entities = other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this email = in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material = from any computer. This email may have been monitored for policy = compliance. [021216] ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35DF0.935AE44C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SharePlex
Nelson,
 
    SharePlex does the same basic thing that Oracle = does for=20 the logical standby, as a matter of fact if your running 9i why not use = that=20 instead of Quests's pricey tool?  I don't believe there is any = additional=20 cost to using logical standby over the second server license that your = going to=20 have to pay anyway.
 

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified = 8i=20 DBA

-----Original Message-----
From: Nelson, Allan=20 [mailto:anelson@midf.com]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 5:14 = PM
To: Multiple recipients of list = ORACLE-L
Subject:=20 SharePlex

Hello,

Quest is trying to sell us a product = named=20 SharePlex.  It sounds very attractive, but then sales people are = supposed=20 to be good at that.  We are a mid sized company, about 2.2 = billion per=20 year, running Financials 11.5.7.  We are interested in this for = HA and=20 for reporting instance use. 

<rant>
We=20 use Cognos as our query tool and the owners of this product tells me = that we=20 can't tune the SQL it emits.  It makes pretty poor choices, which = is not=20 surprising for a gooey, sticky tool designed for end users.  It = is sort=20 of pretty and if you can drool you too can generate cross = products. =20 Anyway , I'd like to get them off the production box.

<rant/>

Does SharePlex allow you to stay close = to the=20 production instance in time?  Does the store and forward work = well? =20 Do you love it?  Hate it?  Anything you'd like to say about = this=20 product I'd like to hear

Thanks in advance
 =20

    Allan L.=20 Nelson
    Oracle DBA
    M-I L.L.C.
    (832) 295-2238=20 office
    (832) 351-4180 = fax
    anelson@midf.com = <mailto:anelson@midf.com>



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