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How much “downtime” is normally required for backups, daily batch processing, and for minor and major upgrade installations?

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How much “downtime” is normally required for backups, daily batch processing, and for minor and major upgrade installations?

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Database backups – There is no downtime required to backup the database. A “hot” backup is performed every night on the ICC Oncology Tools database and the database is configured to operate in archive log mode. Database batch processing – There are no database batch processes required in the application and therefore there is no downtime for database batch processing as the ICC Oncology Tools database is based on a relational model and was designed to maintain the functional needs of the application. Database upgrade installations – A database upgrade is made up of two possible elements: 1) modifications to the database structure (e.g., table changes) and 2) the library management of the clinical reference information. During modifications to the database structure, clinicians should not be completing transactions on the database. The database upgrade installation requires a downtime of 10 minutes in order to apply the appropriate patches.