Re: A V6 Success Story! (Sorta')

Ron,

In a message dated 98-06-06 17:32:06 EDT, you write:

> Congratulations on this Major Feat.  We are "laboring" toward a Labor
>  Day upgrade from 4.0.03 to 6.0.02 MM.  We too have found a number of
>  problems with the SSA-supplied conversion programs.  We have also hit
>  SQL related performance issues.  In both cases, getting fixes out of SSA
>  has been impossible or like pulling teeth.  One standard response is
>  "nobody else has reported that problem", or "we don't see a performance
>  issue"  (SSA uses a test data base smaller than any company could
>  operate with).

Agreed on the SSA support issues, the SQL performance-related issues, and the
conversion program issues.

>  A suggestion that would help out folks (like us) that are going through
>  this process.....   
>  Could you, and others, put out detailed lists of problems encountered,
>  and a summary of fixes.  We would do the same.  This would be a great
>  help since these could then be proactively addressed instead of waiting
>  to stumble across these glitches one-by-one.

Please send me a reminder note next week, and I'll review our conversion
programs and "performance" logicals to send to the list.  Your actual mileage
may vary, as we've already seen performance problems from the remaining 5.1.01
site that we didn't have at our new 6.0.02 site...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

Things you never hear -- "No, that's _MY_ job."
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