Dbvisit testimonials
Was it Einstein who once said "Things should be as complex as they need to be, but no more ..."? I'm sure he would think that Dbvisit hit the mark! As the solution takes a complex problem and distills it down to reliable, cost effective, and easy to use product. It works as advertised, the manual is comprehensive/to the point, and the support is great! If anyone is considering this product, give it a try, it sells itself. Joe Lennert Senior Software Developer Alcatel-Lucent - USA Dbvisit is exactly as advertised: a high-value, highly reliable, easy to install and easy to configure disaster recovery solution - at a fraction of the cost of using Oracle's disaster recovery solution. We set up both onsite and offsite standby servers and pretty much forget about them. Dbvisit just works. Highly recommended. Michael J. Muha, Ph.D. Manager, Information Systems & Hosting WorkForce Software - USA Dbvisit is a wonderful cost saving Oracle disaster recovery solution for those companies with Standard Editions of Oracle. It was easy to install and I received above and beyond customer service. I definitely recommend Dbvisit. Laura Quinlan Sr. Oracle DBA Neovera - USA more

Was it Einstein who once said "Things should be as complex as they need to be, but no more ..."?
I'm sure he would think that Dbvisit hit the mark! As the solution takes a complex problem and distills it down to reliable, cost effective, and easy to use product. It works as advertised, the manual is comprehensive/to the point, and the support is great!
If anyone is considering this product, give it a try, it sells itself.

Joe Lennert
Senior Software Developer
Alcatel-Lucent - USA

Dbvisit is exactly as advertised: a high-value, highly reliable, easy to install and easy to configure disaster recovery solution - at a fraction of the cost of using Oracle's disaster recovery solution.
We set up both onsite and offsite standby servers and pretty much forget about them.
Dbvisit just works.
Highly recommended.

Michael J. Muha, Ph.D.
Manager, Information Systems & Hosting
WorkForce Software - USA

Dbvisit is a wonderful cost saving Oracle disaster recovery solution for those companies with Standard Editions of Oracle. It was easy to install and I received above and beyond customer service. I definitely recommend Dbvisit.

Laura Quinlan
Sr. Oracle DBA
Neovera - USA

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Comparison between Dbvisit and Data Guard

Dbvisit is a real alternative for Oracle Data Guard without the cost and complexity.

Data Guard is the disaster recovery product offered by Oracle to keep the standby database up to date.
Data Guard only comes with Oracle Enterprise Edition (EE).

Dbvisit has similar features to Data Guard, but is much more cost-effective than upgrading to Oracle Enterprise Edition to be protected in case of internal and external disasters.
Dbvisit works with all editions of Oracle (including Oracle Standard One, XE and Standard Edition) and all versions of Oracle (from 8i onwards).

Dbvisit versus Data Guard features:
Dbvisit vs Data Guard

* Dbvisit offers minimum of 60 seconds data loss. Maximum protection mode in Data Guard which offers 0% data loss comes with a high price and high performance costs which are unacceptable for most companies.

** We believe the decision to failover to the standby database should not be automatic, as it could just be a temporary glitch. However the failover is a simple command in Dbvisit and can be automated if this feature is required.

Dbvisit does not use SQL*Net, it uses secure shell (ssh) mechanism even on Windows. Dbvisit for Windows includes ssh software from Bitvise to securely transfer the updates to the standby server.
This makes Dbvisit on all platforms very secure and servers are not compromised by using non secure ports and non encrypted transport mechanisms.

Summary
Because of the above functionalities, our product is a popular alternative to Data Guard. With its unique features and benefits, Dbvisit is gaining customer's loyalty all over the globe.