Reasons to Upgrade to OES2

[Randy Grein]

Ooh, sounds like a job for virtualization!
 
Randy Grein
Sr. Network Engineer
(253)798-6443


>>> joe Acquisto <joe.acquisto at gmail.com> 8/14/2009 8:27 AM >>>
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Joe R. Doupnik
<joe.doupnik at oucs.ox.ac.uk>wrote:

>  joe Acquisto wrote:
>
>> Looking for sources of info - bullet points OK, that outline (at least)
>> reasons to upgrade from OES1 (Linux) to OES2.
>>
>> Virtually everything I've found is focused on why/how to upgrade (migrate)
>> from NW to OES2, Linux.
>>
>> "No longer in general support"  is, sadly, insufficent reason.
>>
>> joe a.
>>
> -----------
>        Servers exist to provide services for folks. You might wish to
> have a look at what OES2 provides as that body of work is much improved
> over OES1. In addition, there is the not small matter of maintenance of
> software. OES1 is quite old, OES2 is in mid-life, software has progressed
> between these editions (not least driver support for hardware).
>        An easy way to compare is to build both versions in a test
> environment
> and get used to OES2.
>        In the end it will be the customer's call, with you providing the
> factual basis. As all this depends upon local conditions I will stop here.
>        Joe D.



Limitation of available h/w weighs against a test build.

joe a.
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