[SunHELP] EOSL

[hike]

You can purchase software support from Oracle (and should do this to get
the patch bundles and security patches).
There are other vendors that can supply parts.  Mr. Bill has these listed.
 (We use Acclinet [sp?] and they are okay--they like to test and talk on
the phone.)

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Werth, Dave <dave.werth at garmin.com> wrote:

> We have been informed that the EOSL (End of Service Life?) for our E450
> will
> be 12/31/2012 and the EOSL for our Storedge A1000 will be 9/30/2012.  We
> would
> like to continue to use these devices for 2-3 more years before we retire
> them.  We are running an old ERP system on Solaris 7.1 and Oracle 8i and
> we'll
> be upgraded to our parent companies system sometime in the 2-3 year time
> frame.  Because of constraints from the ERP system we can't upgrade either
> Solaris or Oracle.
>
> What other options besides self support would we have to keep these boxes
> running?  One thing of particular concern is the cache battery in the A1000
> which expires every 2 years.  When it does the performance goes to hell.
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
> Dave Werth
> Garmin AT, Inc.
> Salem, Oregon
>
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