RE: Any-one know how to eliminate PLANNED downtime with Oracle RAC?

Well, I'm not sure this is entirely possible. Using rolling upgrades
(which I understand were improved in 11g) could help, but from the base,
there are *some* patches that would require downtime. However, this could be an interesting case. And if all else fails, you can always try contacting Oracle Consulting... or Tom Kyte trough ask tom...  

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Subject: Any-one know how to eliminate PLANNED downtime with Oracle RAC?  

Hi, I'm working with a customer running a critical web site on a 10gR2 RAC backend DB - they support hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections at the "quietest" time.  

They have expressed a desire for NO downtime during ANY changes to Oracle, particularly the application of Oracle patches and Oracle upgrades (both minor and major), etc.  

Any thoughts? Who's "been there done that"?  

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