I'm very grateful to read this. After about six OS upgrades ( mostly debug releases), I stuck at 5.1.2 and have refused to move from that, despite Netapp's assurances that the next OS was more stable or whatever. Over a five month period, I had the joy of changing OS on my F520 no less than six times. Compare that with the Auspex I had for three years prior to that. On the Auspex, I had to upgrade the OS once ( and it didn't involve a reboot). In my painful experience, NetApps should have better Quality Checking and Testing before they churn out a release. Anyone have any idea how many NetApps OS's there are in use ?
Raymond
-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]On Behalf Of Graham Knight Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 10:39 PM To: Brian Rice Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: 5.2.1 blues
If you are thinking of moving to 5.2.1, I encourage you to think
carefully.
Our encounter (albiet brief) with 5.2.1 was pretty disasterous too. I'm camped at 5.1.2P2 and have no reason to move. Except for the occasional 5.2.1 floppy boot for the fiber channel diagnostics. ;-)
One day, i'd really like to see NetApp move to a user patchable OS. Anyone else?
Graham