For a while they were saying that a Shared Oracle Home for RAC was a bad idea because "you can't do a rolling upgrade" with a single shared Oracle Home. Then people started calling them on the fact that you can't do a rolling upgrade AT ALL without Data Guard involvement... marketing >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Fontana >>>Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:35 AM >>>To: Jared Still; davidsharples@xxxxxxxxx >>>Cc: Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Subject: RE: ZERO Database Downtime??? >>> >>>Excuse me, but "little or no" is not the same as "Zero Downtime". >>> >>>A logical SQL apply is also not feasible in a large >>>installation, or if there is complexity, such as RAC. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l