I would be shocked if you could get that information from them. I don't believe that anything they do requires them to find out from you what DB you are using. Any shop I am familiar with has made the decision based on the people they have to support a specific DB type. If you have MSSQL DBAs then why would you bring in Oracle? And vice versa.
As for the size I would tell him that what is currently being used would be a good start. But also, how much has it grown over it's lifespan because it will keep growing unless you are one of the few shops that maintains good archival policies. Personally speaking I would go with Oracle, but that is only because I feel more comfortable in Oracle. And that is the only real justification I have for that decision. HTH, Brian Goralczyk On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Tommy Morris <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > AR 7.6.4 > > > > I am looking to switch from Oracle to MSSQL and when I asked my DBA > manager what the cost of the SQL license would be he fires back this. > > “My first concern is when we talk to Remedy what is their breakdown of > what % of people use what database? Secondly what is the expected size of > the db and the expected usage?” > > > > Has anyone else had to perform research on the global database preference > of Remedy implementations? As far as the expected size and usage I’m just > going to tell him to look at the current Oracle db. > > This guy is not going to budge on a move or even a discussion of getting > Remedy off of Oracle until I can tell him that other companies use MSSQL. > The data doesn’t even have to be real current. > > > > Tommy Morris > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
