Re: RBO to CBO

Jack wrote:

>>One DBA takes one day to upgrade a system. And most of that time is the
>>computer churning away while the DBA surfs the web. But to be generous 7
>>days of which DBAs time costs many tens of thousands of dollars? And if
>>you find that guy I want his job.
>>
>>And yes testing is required. But still the worst case scenario is a
>>financial break-even every time I've costed it out.
>>--
>>Daniel A. Morgan
>>University of Washington
>>damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>>(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

> 
> 
> Daniel you are talking about theories.
> In real life there are several databases, different operating systems, new 
> harware etc. 

In real life you are correct. But does it take me more time to upgrade a Solaris database today, one on HP/UX tomorrow, on AIX on Thursday, and one on Windows on Friday? I sure hope not. Nope: 4 databases ... 4 days. And if you have an environment such as this ... even more reason to keep current with versions so that you are running on a supported platform.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)