Part IV

Oracle Streams Replication Best Practices

You can configure Oracle Streams replication in many different ways depending on your business requirements. For example, Oracle Streams can be configured to fulfill the following requirements:

• Replicate data from one database to one or more databases, even if those databases have different structures or naming conventions

• Replicate data between hardware platforms, database releases, and character sets

• Consolidate data from multiple sources with varying structures into a single database

• Provide high availability while performing database or application upgrades or while migrating between hardware platforms

The following chapters in this part describe Oracle Streams replication best practices:

• Chapter 15, "Best Practices for Oracle Streams Replication Databases"

• Chapter 16, "Best Practices for Capture"

• Chapter 17, "Best Practices for Propagation"

• Chapter 18, "Best Practices for Apply"