RE: EMC TimeFinder, and EMC TimeFinder vs Hot Standby

Hi Yosi, how are you?

I can't exactly clarify your fish vs. potatoes, er, timefinder vs. SRDF question but I can tell you that we have BCV's implemented here.  We use them for backup and recovery (and it's extremely slick and fast, let me tell you!  Worth every penny we paid) However you can also mount the BCV's and access the data.  Honestly I don't see any reason why I wouldn't be able to install Oracle on this server and open up a read-only database on the BCV's.  Except for maybe the fact that my employer practically chokes when Oracle quotes pricing. 

We are running HP/UX.  If you want more specific info, email me directly and I'll be glad to answer questions.

Have a great day...

Lisa Rutland Koivu
Oracle Database Administrator
Qode.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Yosi_at_comhill.com [mailto:Yosi_at_comhill.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:10 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: EMC TimeFinder, and EMC TimeFinder vs Hot Standby

Hi All,

Can anyone give me a quick (free!) lesson on the concepts behind timefinder? How does this differ from their standard SRDF which (to my understanding) is to split the mirror and back it up.

Or is it that they add their BCV stuff to SRDF so you can access the data while the mirror is split? Then, is it like a Hot Standby DB?

(We used to get something in high school that was some sort
of mixture between fish and potatoes, and we could never figure out if it was fish or if it was potatoes, or both, or neither. Somehow, this is reminding me of that.)

Thanks loads,

Yosi

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