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Oracle Data Guard

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VMware vDPA [EOL]

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We performed a comparison between Oracle Data Guard and VMware vDPA [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Anonymous User
Good for seeing logs, checking parameters, and testing code
We had some very intensive reports we used to run on prod and switched to using the standby site for the reports, which really helped our... Read more →
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vSphere Data Protection 5.1 Impressions
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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "​Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."
  • "This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."
  • "If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."
  • "It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."
  • "The cost is expensive."
  • "The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."
  • "It's a cost-effective solution."
  • "The licensing cost is significantly high."

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    Questions from the Community
    What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?
    Top Answer:Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1 =… more »
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    What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?
    Top Answer:It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a seven… more »
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    What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?
    Top Answer:We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine out… more »
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    Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
    Top Answer:Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four… more »
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    Ranking
    11th
    out of 133 in Backup and Recovery
    Views
    3,815
    Comparisons
    2,610
    Reviews
    12
    Average Words per Review
    581
    Rating
    9.3
    Unranked
    In Backup and Recovery
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    Also Known As
    Active Data Guard
    vDPA, vSphere Data Protection Advanced
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    Overview

    Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

    VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (vDPA) is a backup and recovery solution that was introduced with vSphere 5.1. VDP leverages mature, proven technology from EMC Avamar to provide reliable, space-efficient, disk-based data protection for VMware virtual machines (VMs). vDPA is fully integrated with VMware vCenter Server and the vSphere Web Client.
    Sample Customers
    Athenahealth, Discover Financial Services
    Ideosity, The Waddington Group, MVS Consulting, Federal Government, Educational Institution
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Transportation Company11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Consumer Goods Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Oracle Data Guard is ranked 11th in Backup and Recovery with 31 reviews while VMware vDPA [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery. Oracle Data Guard is rated 8.4, while VMware vDPA [EOL] is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Oracle Data Guard writes "Ensures our databases stay in sync between the main and disaster recovery sites". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vDPA [EOL] writes "vSphere Data Protection 5.1 Impressions". Oracle Data Guard is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, whereas VMware vDPA [EOL] is most compared with .

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