[Veritas-bu] new version
2005-01-10 11:42:50
Wayne is exactly right. It is best to wait. Why be a test bed for VERITAS??
In VERITAS defense...
It is impossible to create a lab environment to fully test all functionality
and interaction that exist in the real world. I think they could do better,
but at least the MP's come out fairly reasonably.
Save yourself stress and stay behind the bleeding line of technology.
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Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] new version
Jérôme Meyer wrote, in part, on 1/10/2005 10:51 AM:
>I'm using Veritas Netbackup Datacenter version 4.5.
>Now, the new version is Netbackup Enterprise Server 5.0 or 5.1 Any
>ideas when the next release 5.2 appears and the following ones
>5.3,...6.0 ?
>Because I don't wish to make a upgrade version let us say 5.1 and two
>months later, again with 5.2 or 5.3!
>Could we update without problem from 4.5 to 5.1 or 5.2?
>
Now I like the bells and whistles as much as the next guy, but in my limited
experience with Veritas, you're much better off going with an "aged" release
rather than a new one. Versions 5.0 and 5.1 both had serious problems at
initial release. A quick patch made 5.1 usable, and a few MPs apparently
made 5.0 usable. Will v6.0 change this? I doubt it.
Unless you need some function of v6.0, why not go with a more time-tested
release ... unless, of course, you don't have maintenance ... then maybe
you'd want to wait (3 or 4 months?) for a purchase?
Just a few thoughts ...
cheers, wayne
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