A related side note. How efficiently are your database systems? Many places I
have been at are grossly oversized for what they need and sometimes don’t even
realize it. Are you running on ancient hardware that could be upgraded to
fewer much faster cores, potentially on a different and more cost effective
platform? Shrinking your footprint, while improving performance, can
dramatically shrink your TCO and reduce the number of licenses you need to
maintain. I’m currently looking at a system that has over a 30 servers that
could easily be consolidated to 3 or 4 while getting a considerable reliability
and performance boost while reducing TCO.
Sometimes tackling the problem from a different direction is more rewarding and
beneficial than tacking it head on.
Best of Luck
On Jan 22, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Sherrie Kubis <Sherrie.Kubis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello all. I've been on this listserver for years and have learned much from
the expertise here. I'm a quiet member, mostly reading and learning. Today
I have a question that I'm merely gathering information on for my management.
For budget reasons they are considering dropping Oracle Maintenance at
renewal time. As this means also dropping Oracle Support, I'm directed to
investigate third-party Oracle Support providers, such as Rimini Street.
This comes with the realization that MOS, patches, security updates ... all
those things are no longer accessible. I'm still not sure how the
third-party support value works into what I'll need, but in the end I can
provide the facts and this is a business decision. I have many reasons to
maintain MOS and its benefits, but the overriding (and overwhelming) factor
of budget is the driving force.
Does anyone have experience with third-party support vendors, or additional
information on what will no longer be accessible without maintenance?
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Sherrie Kubis
Sr. Oracle DBA
Information Technology Bureau
Southwest Florida Water Management District
2379 Broad Street
Brooksville, FL 34604-6899
352.796.7211 x4033
sherrie.kubis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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