>Hmmm. A (US-oriented) hypothetical:
>BOSS: The app works now. Why rock the boat?
>DBA: The new version has features that will save 20% disk space,
> and speed up certain operations by 75% every day.
>BOSS: Fantastic! How long will it take to upgrade?
>DBA: 18 hours.
>BOSS: 18 hours!! We can only take that much downtime on Thanks-
> giving weekend, or 3-day July 4th, Christmas or New Year's
> weekends.
>
>
Sounds like you just found several weekends a year that you
can do the upgrade with ;). Yes that was a joke.
Sincerley,
Joshua Drake