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howto section removed

see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oracle_Data_Guard&diff=236212801&oldid=215317478 I have removed the "howto"-like section. This section was copied from http://www.oracledba.org/10g/dr/10gR2_dataguard_on_Linux.html -- 05:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SDiZ (talk • contribs)

Product placement list removed

I have removed the list of product placements that re-appears periodically in the "disadvantages" section. There seems to be a minor edit-war between competing alternative products, actually. Frankly, I don't even think Data Guard itself is "notable" (WP:IMPORTANCE), but certainly "substantially cheaper products" are not necessarily worth mentioning based on that criteria alone; and the only reference is a subscription-only Gartner report. I get the feeling that the only purpose of this whole article is so that competing products could promote themselves. So, just for future reference, here's the list of products that periodically pop up under "disadvantages" as "substantially" cheaper alternatives.

Substantial costs savings are possible using Oracle Standard Edition (SE), Oracle Standard Edition One (SE1) or even Oracle Express (XE) with use of a third-party products such as (link removed) AsBase® DataGuard Suite, (link removed) SharePlex for Oracle Database Replication or (link removed) Wisdomforce DatabaseSync for Oracle or (link removed) Dbvisit Standby Database Technology or (link removed) Trivadis TVD-Standby to provide high availability for a database system.

If anyone feels strongly that there is anything more to this than simply a list of links & product placements (i.e., all that is WP:NOT), feel free to discuss here. // Michael (talk|contrib) 10:53, 7 October 2012 (UTC) [reply]

Also I just removed another very questionable "disadvantage", also without reference: "version x.x.x.x is somewhat buggy and unreliable". Feel free to add that back, here in the talk page along with a reference, and it certainly would probably be fine to include in the article (as long as there is something to back it up). Again, I just get the feeling that someone is using this page to promote their own competing products. And, if the consensus is that this whole page should be deleted due to not being particularly notable (especially if the goal in creating it in the first place was to promote other products), then so be it. It could simply be a part of Oracle Database page. // Michael (talk|contrib) 10:53, 7 October 2012 (UTC) [reply]