We have a 200 GB database that we want to clone very hour. The cloned
database will be used as read-only database for clients. Has anyone

Can database server's transaction-log-based replication help? MSSQLServer had
this since 1995, and I expect Oracle has this too for a long.

How aggressively is your data updated?

I would prefer the database-server-based solution, not the RAID-box-based. It
will preserve the transaction boundaries at least.

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