We need some advices, please. Reading Paul's post, we feel
uncomfortable to upgrade from 4.09 to 5. However, reading Britt's
reply, we feel upswing again.
However, please let me know about your experiences and we need some
more facts.
1- Can a Dell server 600 Mhz and 500 Meg Ram deliver an adequate
speed for 14 users of Vantage? Or do we need more? I know that
theoretically, each user needs about 20 Meg.
2- Is it safe to install version 5 directly to a new server and
copy the DB over and run the schema change? Is there anybody who has
ever done this? We plan to replace our old and slow server for a new
one (600 Mhz and 500 Meg Ram) and the only thing we get from Vantage
help is the document upgrade Db 4 to 5. Will there be any problems
during the course?
3- Is it worth it to upgrade to 5 in terms of easier to use, less
bugs? Because we have customized forms in Crystal, we don't want to
involve in something of the same value but cost us time and effort to
modify those forms. Any bugs of v.5 are awared so far?
4- Conclusion, do you really like v.5 over 4.09? We really
think it's worth it to upgrade from v.3 to v.4, so we are seeking the
same safety.
Thanks so much for your advices, anything will help.
uncomfortable to upgrade from 4.09 to 5. However, reading Britt's
reply, we feel upswing again.
However, please let me know about your experiences and we need some
more facts.
1- Can a Dell server 600 Mhz and 500 Meg Ram deliver an adequate
speed for 14 users of Vantage? Or do we need more? I know that
theoretically, each user needs about 20 Meg.
2- Is it safe to install version 5 directly to a new server and
copy the DB over and run the schema change? Is there anybody who has
ever done this? We plan to replace our old and slow server for a new
one (600 Mhz and 500 Meg Ram) and the only thing we get from Vantage
help is the document upgrade Db 4 to 5. Will there be any problems
during the course?
3- Is it worth it to upgrade to 5 in terms of easier to use, less
bugs? Because we have customized forms in Crystal, we don't want to
involve in something of the same value but cost us time and effort to
modify those forms. Any bugs of v.5 are awared so far?
4- Conclusion, do you really like v.5 over 4.09? We really
think it's worth it to upgrade from v.3 to v.4, so we are seeking the
same safety.
Thanks so much for your advices, anything will help.
--- In vantage@y..., Britt Moelling <bmoelling@m...> wrote:
> Paula
> I was on vacation last week, hence the delay in responding.
>
> We presently have a 4 gig database, running on a Netfinity 3000 450
mhz
> server with 768 meg RAM.
>
> We had a similiar problem in going from ver 4 to ver 5. I had
already
> done a test conversion on old data on a different (slower) server,
so I
> knew how long each step should take (max time since it was a slower
> server). I can't remember which step, but I think it was the schema
> change, was taking WAY too long on the production server. The only
> difference in the conversion process between the test server and the
> production server was that I ran the schema change on a workstation
with
> the test conversion, instead of on the server itself (as I was
doing on
> the production server). I decided to restart the upgrade, and ran
the
> schema change from a workstation, and if finished within my
> expectations. ( I did the entire upgrade in a 2 day weekend.)
>
> Another thing that seemed to help, was that I installed an
additional 9
> gig drive in the server (not mirrored), and did the work on it
rather
> than the RAID array.
>
> Paul Labuda wrote:
>
> > We attempted the Vantage upgrade from version 4 to version 5 this
> > weekend.
> > We ended up aborting the upgrade after we had been on schema
changes
> > for 55
> > hours. I was wandering if these kind of times were normal for
others
> > upgrading to 5.0. We are running a Dell 4200 server with a
Pentium 2
> > 300mhz
> > processor with 320mb of ram. Our database size is 1.6
gigabytes. We
> > had
> > crash protection turned off and ran the upgrade directly from the
> > sever
> > console. Obviously our server is slow in comparison to what is
> > available
> > out there, but 55 hours on schema changes seem extraordinary.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Britt Moelling
> M&M Manufacturing Co.
>
>
>
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