Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h790GFu31065 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:16:15 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.213 Received: from www2.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-213.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.213]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h790GEp31060 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:16:14 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by www2.fatcity.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h78LqUv19976 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 14:52:30 -0700 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005C9B07; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 14:44:24 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 14:44:24 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Nelson, Allan" Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Nelson, Allan" 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_01C35DF5.5AE430EC" ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35DF5.5AE430EC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We are not running 9i but 8.1.7.4, sorry for not including that earlier. We are rolling out to our international offices and we basically have offices in every time zone. I'm looking at SharePlex for HA, reporting use, and potentially migrating from HP to Linux. They will be on Linux next month. =20 Allan -----Original Message----- From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet@vicr.com]=20 Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 4:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: SharePlex =09 =09 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----- From: Nelson, Allan [mailto:anelson@midf.com] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 5:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: SharePlex =09 =09 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 >=20 =09 ________________________________________________________________________ ______ 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] =09 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35DF5.5AE430EC Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
We are=20 not running 9i  but 8.1.7.4, sorry for not including that = earlier.  We=20 are rolling out to our international offices and we basically have = offices in=20 every time zone.  I'm looking at SharePlex for HA, reporting use, = and=20 potentially migrating from HP to Linux.  They will be on Linux next = month.
 
Allan
-----Original Message-----
From: = Goulet, Dick=20 [mailto:DGoulet@vicr.com]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 = 4:59=20 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list = ORACLE-L
Subject: RE:=20 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=20 to 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=20 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=20 supposed to be good at that.  We are a mid sized company, about = 2.2=20 billion per year, running Financials 11.5.7.  We are interested = in this=20 for HA and for reporting instance use. 

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

<rant/>

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