I'm currently running version 4.2.3 on a small (35 host) network, mostly Linux, with a few Mac OS X and one Windows host. What am I missing out on by not upgrading? I am not experiencing any problems (that I know about!)
Richard Crane
Haskins Laboratories / (203) 865-6163 X 275 / FAX (203) 865-8963 300 George Street/New Haven, CT 06511
On Wed, August 29, 2012 11:41, Richard Crane wrote:
I'm currently running version 4.2.3 on a small (35 host) network, mostly Linux, with a few Mac OS X and one Windows host. What am I missing out on by not upgrading? I am not experiencing any problems (that I know about!)
I'll leave it to others to call out the innovations that they find most helpful. I'm running 4.2.3 still, in an environment of similar scale to yours, and I'm still happy as to features. I have the impression that most of the new stuff matters more in larger-scaled environments.
One reason I'm still on 4.2.3 is that 4.3 renames a lot of folders/files, and when I did the upgrade on a testbed I think I overlooked some of Henrik's pre-upgrade doc and spent a few hours running around fixing things manually. Have not had time to build another 4.2.3 test setup to run back through the upgrade.
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Support for holidays and a disk space inode check on some platforms are the two reasons I'm planning to upgrade. There are some more related to the disable and acknowledgement features that I can't recall right now. The CHANGELOG I'd think has some of this info, or the README.
On 08/29/2012 01:31 PM, Xymon User in Richmond wrote:
On Wed, August 29, 2012 11:41, Richard Crane wrote:
I'm currently running version 4.2.3 on a small (35 host) network, mostly Linux, with a few Mac OS X and one Windows host. What am I missing out on by not upgrading? I am not experiencing any problems (that I know about!)
I'll leave it to others to call out the innovations that they find most helpful. I'm running 4.2.3 still, in an environment of similar scale to yours, and I'm still happy as to features. I have the impression that most of the new stuff matters more in larger-scaled environments.
One reason I'm still on 4.2.3 is that 4.3 renames a lot of folders/files, and when I did the upgrade on a testbed I think I overlooked some of Henrik's pre-upgrade doc and spent a few hours running around fixing things manually. Have not had time to build another 4.2.3 test setup to run back through the upgrade.
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