RE: oracle-l Digest V13 #15
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:38:29 +0000
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I should have noted this ahead.
The first step of budget cutting was to downsize from RAC to standalone servers onto newer and more powerful hardware, and at this first maintenance time we renegotiated our costs. However, it really didn't pay off as much as they'd hoped. In each environment I've been able to drop from 5-node RAC to single nodes running Oracle 12.1.
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_at_swfwmd.state.fl.us
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From: Kenny Payton [mailto:k3nnyp_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 10:33 AM
To: Sherrie Kubis <Sherrie.Kubis_at_swfwmd.state.fl.us>
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: oracle-l Digest V13 #15
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_at_swfwmd.state.fl.us> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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_at_swfwmd.state.fl.us
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