On 03/18/98 10:52:15 you wrote:
Well, I heard it is out. I went to the now.netapp.com site. I see the announcement, I go to the software library. ONTAP 3.1.6 is the latest recommended release? What happened to 4.3.1?
I think something is broken. Either that, or NetApp is celebrating April 1st a little early.
I think like most corporate web sites, it is usually up to date, but sometimes one group does get ahead of the other even in the most organized companies. I'm sure it's just an oversight, and/or the NOW people not having the time/ability/resources/information/etc. to update it completely.
I noticed in the 5.0 announcement that they say the Exabyte Mammoth is only supported on the F630. Why would such a limitation be made?
I don't know much about the Mammoth... does it only come in wide SCSI? That and QA reasons (the 630 might be the only current platform that they had time to test it with) could explain the limitation. Or perhaps there is some bug still to be worked out on other platforms (ah, the wonderful world of strange hardware chip interactions!).
And while I'm here, I might mention that the PDF file format is quite possibly the second most annoying thing found on the internet, surpassed only by spam. I blew off far too much time trying to get a reader for the 5.0 readme file, only to find 1.25 pages of almost-completely-useless text.
I agree with you that PDF is, sadly, annoying but it is more-or-less the best standard out their currently. I don't know by "useless" text if you meant it was just not informative or you had difficulty reading it... you usually need to zoom in a level when using the Adobe Acrobat reader for it to be legible.
IMHO, every web site should offer documentation in PDF, PS, MSWord, HTML, and plain TXT.
Bruce