Do you shut your Oracle-based system down for application upgrades?

Do you upgrade only at nights and weekends (when you are tired and angry) for minimizing downtime?

I don’t, for more than 10 years now, because I use Edition-Based Redefinition (EBR). Join this session and learn from my experience.

EBR is a powerful feature of Oracle (added in version 11.2), that enables application upgrades with zero downtime, while the application is actively used and operational. I have been using it on a daily basis for many years now, in a production site that requires frequent application upgrades with very limited downtime, and find it very useful and fascinating.

Join this session to learn how to use EBR, see many live examples, and get tips from real-life experience in a production site using EBR extensively.

EBR is a hidden gem!

It can improve both the life of developers and DBAs and the experience of clients and users.
It is included in all Oracle Editions and requires no extra license, option or pack. And yet, not many know about this feature, let alone use it.

I think it's important to expose more Oracle professionals to EBR, and events such as your conference are perfect for this.