Re: Dataguard Exadata -> Database Appliance

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Stephens, Chris <Chris.Stephens_at_adm.com>wrote:

> I was just asked by management whether it would be possible to run
> Dataguard from Exadata (Primary) to a Database Appliance (Standby). I
> can’t think of a reason why that wouldn’t be *possible*.
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> I’m not sure that’s the question they are actually asking though which
> is: Would it be justifiable for us to save some money and run our standby
> on cheaper hardware (and consequently software licensing)?
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> I don’t think processing power differences will be a problem for quite
> some time. The biggest drawback I can think of is that all of a sudden you
> have to keep OS/GI (running RAC)/RDBMS versions and patching at the same
> level.
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> What else am I not thinking of? …how bad of an idea is it?
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> I would have even really considered it as a possibility but then I don’t
> pay the bills or have to justify them either.
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> Thanks for any help with this.
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> Chris
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