226 ◾ Directing the ERP Implementation
To recap the key hardware ERP implementation vulnerabilities, having adequate hardware
capacity is central to providing the user community with acceptable service performance. Elements
such as backup and recovery or data retention become a snag if not addressed as part of the
transition to production activities.
9.3 Database
ERP software continues to increase in complexity, especially as it relates to tables, data diction-
ary, data security, and performance monitoring. With ERP software authors rearchitecting their
systems, this becomes especially challenging for database administration. A typical ERP upgrade
has both an application system database dimension and the database management system (e.g.,
Oracle) ...