From: Van Messner Subject: Re: Database Load Balancing? Date: 2000/07/07 Message-ID: <0d69a670.d8dc44d8@usw-ex0108-063.remarq.com>#1/1 References: <11bd4f90.8e0d58ba@usw-ex0108-063.remarq.com> <20000707.5220800@p200.nodomain> Bytes: 739 X-Originating-Host: 12.3.14.51 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: WReNphoon3 962981044 10.0.2.63 (Fri, 07 Jul 2000 07:44:04 PDT) Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 07:44:04 PDT Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server X-Wren-Trace: eAksBAUcWxFaXxAEH1oGBQk6HQUfDkYJCRcIDxRTE0YLTxhaSRpSVlFGWF0= OK guys, thanks. Your advice is good but you're confirming what I thought - there is no setup that has multiple copies of the same database and which lets you switch randomly back and forth among them. I was thinking of something along the lines Rich suggested: multiple database servers for different functions so that the loss of one wouldn't bring down the web site, just one particular application. Also, I have to read more, but the ability to have multiple caches on separate iAS servers might help. What does Amazon do? Or MSN or Yahoo or ? Van ----------------------------------------------------------- Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com