Oracle Data Guard and Oracle Active Data Guard have long been the answer for the real-time protection, availability, and usability of Oracle data. This presentation provides an in-depth look at several key new features that will make your life easier and protect your data in new and more flexible ways. Learn how Oracle Active Data Guard 19c has been integrated with Oracle Database In-Memory and offers a faster application response after a role transition. See how DML can now be redirected from an Oracle Active Data Guard standby to its primary for more flexible data protection in today’s data centers or your data clouds. This technical deep dive on Active Data Guard is designed to give you a glimpse into upcoming new features brought to you by Oracle Development.
9. Data Guard Protection Modes
Balance Data Protection with Performance and Availability
Mode Risk of data loss Transport If no acknowledgement from standby:
Maximum
Protection
Zero Data Loss
Double Failure
Protection
SYNC
Stall primary until acknowledgement is
received from replica
Maximum
Availability
Zero Data Loss
Single Failure
Protection
SYNC
FASTSYNC
Far Sync*
Stall primary until acknowledgement is
received or timeout threshold period
expires – then resume processing
Maximum
Performance
Potential for
Minimal Data Loss
ASYNC
Primary never waits for standby
acknowledgement
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* Requires Active Data Guard License
12. Note: A single DR copy may be multi-
purposed for different combinations
of the use cases described
SYNC
or
ASYNC
Active Data Guard
Use Cases: Active Data Guard
New DB
Version
Database Rolling
Maintenance
Primary
copy
Query & Report Offload
open read-only
Snapshot
Standby
Test Database
single command refresh
Offload RMAN Backups
Disaster Recovery & HA
manual or automatic failover
Redo Far Sync, Recovery Appliance
Source for thin snaps/clones
Extract offload, Source for
GoldenGate ALO mode
12
Primary
copy
Primary
copy
Primary
copy
Primary
copy
43. Thank You
Glen Hawkins
Senior Director of Product Management, MAA & Data Guard
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