One thing not mentioned so far is that if you want to (or have to) upgrade your O/S, you may very well have to upgrade the database as well. I don't know how this applies to "big iron" HPUX or AIX systems, but for Windows or Linux hosted systems this can be a big deal. Older versions of Red Hat, for example, will not easily load on newer hardware. Also, you may not be able to get drivers for raid adapters, network cards or on-board ethernet, terminal or print servers, etc.
There are lots of reasons to keep your O/S current: stability, security, tools, features, bug fixes, etc. If you are running an intel based system, it is likely that your DB license is your largest invested cost; hardware is cheap. New hardware is even cheaper. But you may not be able to upgrade to newer hardware and the latest O/S without also upgrading the DB. Scott Ballinger Pareto Corporation Edmonds WA USA 206 713 6006 ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
