Did you try telling them that 7.3.4 is not supported
by Oracle anymore and they shouldn't be running an
important database on an unsupported version?
Gene
--- Andrey Bronfin <andreyb_at_elrontelesoft.com> wrote:
> Dear gurus !
> I know it's a "beaten to death horse", but...
> I want to convince a customer to upgrade their OPS
> 7.3.4 DB to an Oracle
> 8.1.7 OPS or even (in a best case for me) to
> Oracle9i RAC (don't even know
> whether or not one exists and is supported for
> Digital UNIX on EMC Symmetrix
> storage).
> I am sure this has been discussed 1000s of times
> here , but ... i need the
> arguments to convince them.
> I can't tell them "upgrade because 8.1.7 delivers
> better performance ,
> availability etc...and 7.3.4 is outdated" , they
> simply won't buy it.
> They run that OPS 7.3.4 DB for several years now and
> are quite happy with
> it.
> I need to explain in details why they should invest
> in the upgrade.
> Now , the only real reason i can think of is
> partitioning . They will
> definetly benefit from it.
> I need more reasons.
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
>
> DBAndrey
>
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> * 058-548133
> * mailto:andreyb_at_elrontelesoft.com
>
>
>
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