Networker

Re: [Networker] Upgrade from 7.2 - 7.4 question

2008-06-14 10:16:25
Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrade from 7.2 - 7.4 question
From: Dag Nygren <dag AT NEWTECH DOT FI>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:04:47 +0300
> Stan Horwitz wrote:
> > On Jun 14, 2008, at 8:04 AM, Davina Treiber wrote:
> > 
> >> Goslin, Paul wrote:
> >>> Thanks Tim,
> >>> Our largest client index is 53GB, almost twice the amount of available
> >>> free space on the partition (next largest is 20GB), so I think the
> >>> conversion could run out of space while converting the large client
> >>> index..
> >>
> >> There is no change to the index format between 7.2.x and 7.4.x, thus 
> >> there is no index conversion necessary.
> > 
> > Really? Somewhere between 7.2.x and 7.4 the database engine for the CFI 
> > is changed from WISS to Sybase. When I upgraded from 7.2.1 to 7.4, a 
> > database conversion definitely occurred. One of the benefits of the new 
> > database technology is that it requires less disk space for the CFI. I 
> > don't think the media database changed though, but I am not certain of 
> > that.
> 
> IIRC the change was much earlier than that.

v5 -> v6 to be exact.

And is it really Sybase???

Best
Dag

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