Re: ORACLE RAC and ORACLE Standby

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:12:18 -0700, Dega interested us by writing:

>
> Hi,
> Please, could someone tell me, or maybe, indicate me some technical
> article discussing the differences between the ORACLE Standby and
> ORACLE Real Application Cluster, in terms of technical features.
> I also search for some technical comparison on how to chose one or
> another to best fit our needs.
>

In briefest, most higf level terms, I view Data Guard as a Disaster Recovery solution, whereas RAC is a Continuous Uptime solution.

For a better understanding of what this means (and of all of the Oracle 'availability' pieces), look at the following in detail:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/pdf/TWP_HA_10gR2_HA_Overview.pdf

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