RE: Comments on Upgrade to 8.1.7.4 or 9.2?

Chris - The choice you present is rather dramatic, between an old, stable version like 8i and the new, cutting edge of 9i release 2. Frankly, 9.2.0.1 hasn't been out long enough to get many miles. But there are many, many other considerations. Perhaps you can describe a little more of your situation. Are there any compatibility issues that will prevent you from going to 9.2 across the board? Probably few vendors have ported their wares to 9.2. Are these very stable applications with critical reliability requirements, or brand-new applications written in-house? How long will it take you to convert all these databases? If it's going to take the better part of a year, I would be confident that 9.2 would be mature enough by then. A shame to put a lot of work converting many applications/databases to an older version.
Dennis Williams
DBA, 20% OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:53 PM
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Hi,

We are considering upgrading several databases (7.3.3, 7.3.4, 8.0.5.2 and 8.1.7.3) in the near future, to either 8.1.7.4 or 9.2.0.1. The justification for this is to reduce the costs associated with managing so many different versions. The databases are running on HP-UX and Tru-64. Currently everything we have read indicates that we should choose 9.2, taking into account length of support and stability.

If you have had any bad experiences upgrading to either 8.1.7.4, or 9.2.0.1 which might influence our decision, please can you send a short summary of the problem.

thankyou,
> Chris Borrill
> Software Solution Architect
>
> Application Development Centre
> Compaq Computer New Zealand, part of the new HP
>
> Phone: 64 3 962 5769
> Fax: 64 3 962 5747
> E-mail: Chris.Borrill_at_hp.com
>
>

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