Re: Oracle 10g Release 2

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:44:23 +0200, Matthias Hoys interested us by writing:

<mild sarcasm>
>
> OK I'll guess we start with Oracle 10g Release 1 then (with the latest
> patchset). How much work would it be to upgrade Release 1 to Release 2 (when
> it's out) ?

37 units of work. For a total duration of roughly 181.663 milli-bleems.

> Will this involve downtime ?

Depends on how badly you messed up.
</mild sarcasm>

Seriously, it sounds like you have a possible business case to get yourself included in the beta program. Contact the closest ORacle sales rep and ask for details.

And, Oracle is making a lot of headway towards 'zero downtime upgrades', as described on OTN. Most depends on using RAC, and there are (and probably will continue to be) limitations. Consider reviewing the Maximum Availability Architecture (Go to OTN.Oracle.com >> Product Center:Database >> AVailability >> High Availability >> [System Changes] section)

HTH

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