Standby/Replicated database for reporting functionality

From: Patterson, Mark <Mark.Patterson_at_organon.ie>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 04:37:41 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0058DE88.20030502043741@fatcity.com>

Hello All,

I am looking into options for creating a copy of a production database
(Oracle 8.1.7 Enterprise Edition, Windows 2000) for reporting/querying
purposes. The database should be hosted on a separate server and the data needs to be as real-time as possible.

The options I've looked into are database replication and a standby database. Custom development of triggers, database links etc is unfortunately not an option.

I've ruled out database replication as the overlying application must create tables via its own management interface and this cannot be integrated with Replication Manager or DBMS_REPCAT.

This leaves me with the standby database option where the database can be in read-only mode throughout the day and managed recovery though the night.

Does anybody know if there are other options available to create a such reporting read-only database or similar. (Read-only is not mandatory but is acceptable as updates to this database are not envisaged)

Are there licensing implications when using a standby database? The production "master" database is licensed under the processor licensing model but the intention is to simply purchase a named user license for the standby "reporting" database as there will be a very limited number of users using this database.
Does anybody know if this is possible/approved by Oracle?

In a nutshell, I am looking to create a real-time copy of my production database as cheaply as possible for reporting purposes only.

If anybody has answers to the above or experience of other methods of replicating a database it would be great to hear from you.

Thanks,
Mark.

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