Confussion in mirroring

[Srinivas]

Hi all

    I want some information regarding mirroring. When mirroring from a rsync 
enabled site what internally happend?. mirroring is simillar to backup?. I 
want to know what is the difference between mirroring the batabase and backup 
the databse. plz help me regarding that.

Thanx in advance.

Regards  
Srinivasa Rao
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