We are not yet live on Epicor but decided that when we go live we will
do it on version 9. I just finished upgrading our version 8 test
database on an older server, which is raid 5 and only has 4GB ram.
Version 9 does run noticeably slower. The specs I saw for version 9 are
much higher than version 8 and I anticipate spending between $30k and
$40k for a server, but I am looking at a little more than we need, we're
31 users now and I figure a life of 3 - 5 yrs on the server so I'm
planning for growth.
Not sure what functionality you're looking for on the project side, but
at first glance it doesn't look much different than 8. If there's
something specific you're looking for, I'd be happy to check it out for
you.
A quick not on upgrading, as of now, the upgrade instructions, from my
experience, don't quite match what you actually need to do when
upgrading. Be prepared for a lot of customizations that won't work.
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From:
vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of David Watt
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:00 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Epicor 9
On the Epicor 9 side, we have just been looking at it as we are told
that the project functionality may doo what we need BUT...
Then we looked at the server hardware specs on the Epicweb site and our
IT people (once they stopped laughing) seemed somewhat alarmed at the
"minimum" specifications.
Can anyone who has tested Epicor 9 confirm if these specifications are
really necessary?
The hardware specification for version 8 was on the light side but it
seems that they have gone way overboard for V9 I need to get them back
out but IIRC for 45 users the requirement was 2 separate servers and
over 50Gb RAM between them and compared with our V8 server with only 8Gb
Ram this seems like a huge change not to mention the $60K price tag for
the servers for this "free" upgrade.
The rep. did say we would be startled by the hardware requirements but
is going to check as they thought this was for the entire suite of
Epicor 9 products and may not be needed if only running the Vantage
application.
Any advice from testers would be appreciated
Regards,
David Watt
Mob. +44 (0) 7809 586 797
Tel. +44 (0) 1793 647 140
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From:
vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:
vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of clive.1972
Sent: 26 January 2009 08:18
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Epicor 9
To confirm what Todd has stated you must upgrade to version 8 before
you move to 9. You don't have to actualy run version 8 at your site
but your data must be v8 compliant first before it can go to v9.
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vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> , Todd
Caughey <caugheyt@...> wrote:
>
> Last I heard (via the grapevine....not 100% solid or up to date.
Hearsay, that is) there are 6 to 10 sites live on Epicor 9 with
probably more likely at start of Q1 around April 1. There have been
around 157 customer requests for Epicor 9 (some may not have shipped
yet) and many of these are probably very early in the evaluation
stage. Kicking the tires so to speak. One site reported (very early
in live usage) that things are going "quite well" but that there are
small issues that pop up daily. Apparently no show stoppers. The
upgrade was a bigger deal than from 8 to 8.3. The data conversions
though were very time consuming and took four days but they have an
extra large database (around 25GB). Other reports are there is a
lot of interest in Epicor 9 and it will be a great move for a lot of
sites.
>
> From other conversations I've been told that there are no direct
conversions from Vantage 6.10 to Epicor 9. You have to step through
the intervening releases. Or at least whatever gets you to
8.03.4xx. Those conversions plus the ones for Epicor 9 may suggest
not trying to make the jump in one shot. Maybe go to 8.03.4xx and
later, which Epicor 9 is sure to be more stable, step up. Vantage
8.3.4xx to Epicor 9 will not be as big a deal as getting to 8.
So "they" say.
>
> Personally....we will likely go straight to Epicor 9 on an fresh
new database when we leave Vantage 6.10. Rather than convert we
will "re-implement" and use the opportunity to re-work all our
codings and company structure.....including the Chart of Accounts in
the G/L. We will treat it just like our move from DCD-Classic to
Vantage 4.0 back in 2000. I figure it will take a solid year to
prepare for once we decide to get started. It's an opportunity to
make the system match the company as it exists now as well as trim
out obsolete data.
>
> -Todd C.
>
>
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> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:
vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of Rough Brothers
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:44 PM
> To: Vantage Users
> Subject: [Vantage] Epicor 9
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> We are currently on Vantage 6.1 and are looking to begin an upgrade
in next 60 days ... Epicor 9 was released on 12/8/08.
>
> Does anyone know anyone upgrading to Epicor 9 and how it's going?
We don't want to be trend setters ...
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