> I need to examine the options available that will allow me to have
> continuous real-time replication (one-way acceptable, bi-directional
> better)
> between databases on two unix (fedora core 8) systems.
>
> I would be grateful for suggestions & comments from anyone who has done
> this.
>
> most of
> http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_repl_tools seem
> to be windows-based, which is no help to me.
>
> If it helps I'm trying to define a high-availability system backend
> setup.
> Current thoughts are to have two servers, and switch over when
> necessary.

the replicator doesn't have to sit on the same box(es) as the database
service(s). You can utilise a third CPU and RAM for the replication process.
Alan