Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!news2.euro.net!213.218.66.70.MISMATCH!feeder.enertel.nl!nntpfeed-01.ops.asmr-01.energis-idc.net!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!195.129.110.21.MISMATCH!bnewsfeed00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewsinpeer01.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewspost00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!not-for-mail From: "Niall Litchfield" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server References: <5ddf960e.0312111124.2e8d770e@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Multi-Master Replication over an air-gap Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:42:50 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3fd9b7cb$0$9383$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Dec 2003 12:42:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: host9.audit-commission.gov.uk X-Trace: 1071232971 reading.news.pipex.net 9383 193.128.236.219:53348 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uk.uu.net Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:249963 Isn't it multi-master that is wanted here? -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK "Volker Hetzer" wrote in message news:brc621$2ic$1@news.fujitsu-siemens.com... > > "Andrew Blakeslee" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:5ddf960e.0312111124.2e8d770e@posting.google.com... > > I am investigating a scenario where I need to keep two databases > > synchronized, but there cannot be a physical connection due to > > security constraints. Is it possible to setup a multi-master > > replication scenario where the replication transactions are copied to > > a removable media from one database and then loaded from the removable > > media to the other database at fixed intervals? There should be a > > relatively low volume of transactions, so the size of the data being > > transferred should not be an issue. > Can't you simply transfer the archivelogs? > Greetings! > Volker