I believe that what you are looking for is called Real Application Cluster. That will ensure the minimum downtime. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA email:mladeng@xxxxxxxxx Ext: 9787 > -----Original Message----- > From: Seema Singh [mailto:oracledbam@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:00 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: (no subject) > Please suggest which approach would be good with minimum > interruption to the > production enviornment. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------