What do you do if the server hardware stops working, or Windows will not boot, or the database just will not start? You could search eBay for hardware components or surf internet help boards for Oracle tips (Oracle stopped supporting those old versions years ago!), but both are not desirable at 3 AM with the lab off-line and rail cars full of product, queued up waiting to roll out in the morning!Ī LIMS upgrade should be looked at as an opportunity to, at a minimum, get your business-critical LIMS onto current hardware or a powerful, new VM environment, or upgraded to the latest Windows and databases versions. If you elect not to upgrade and run your LIMS post the End of Support date, your LIMS may work, but what are you going to do if it crashes? Also, your LIMS depends on the server and database versions, and they have end of support dates as well. “It just works, so why change?” or “I can’t afford to upgrade at the moment – no budget!” or “I have nobody who could do the upgrade for us”, are a few reasons that we continually hear from prospective clients. We know you probably have many good reasons why you don’t want to change your LIMS version at the moment. ![]() If your organization has an older version of SampleManager LIMS, we want to share with you several good reasons to upgrade, some new capabilities and functionality available in v12, and some strategies on how to go about upgrading your SampleManager LIMS. The Thermo Support Status web page shows that all SampleManager 10 versions will be off support by end of 2017 and version 11.0 will be off support at the end of 2018. And, in case you are not aware, Thermo SampleManager v10 and v11 users have been given their notice. Regardless of which camp you are in, if you have not upgraded by the time the “End of Life” point is reached for a particular version, your hand might be forced. Some may take the stance that “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, and others may count down the days to when the new features will become available. All laboratories with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) must face the decision at some point, whether to upgrade or stay with their current version.
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