I have a fairly good feel for what MySQL replication can do. I\'m wondering what other databases support replication, and how they compare to MySQL and others?
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Another way to go is to run in a virtualized environment. I thought the data in this blog article was interesting
http://chucksblog.typepad.com/chucks_blog/2008/09/enterprise-apps.html
It's from an EMC executive, so obviously, it's not independent, but the experiment should be reproducible
Here's the data specific for Oracle
http://oraclestorageguy.typepad.com/oraclestorageguy/2008/09/to-rac-or-not-to-rac-reprise.html
Edit: If you run virtualized, then there are ways to make anything replicate
http://chucksblog.typepad.com/chucks_blog/2008/05/vmwares-srm-cha.html