Re: Cyrus aggregate compatibility.

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Does an XFER automatically upgrade the mailbox to the new format?  I don't 
remember having performance problems when I moved users from a v2.3 
backend to a new v2.4 backend (a long time ago).

 	Andy

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015, Bron Gondwana wrote:

> I would wait for 2.5.1, which should be out in a day or so.  There were
> some XFER bugs in 2.5.0.
>
> The IO hit will have to be taken regardless, it's just deferred
> slightly.  The 2.5 backend will work with 2.2 proxies just fine, though
> of course most of the new features won't be visible to your clients,
> because 2.2 gives a much reduced capability string.
>
> Longer term, we're looking at a full unified clustering system which might
> still include murder or might be totally separate.  It's going to be very nice,
> but it will only work for 3.0+ servers.
>
> Bron.
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015, at 08:07 AM, Michael Sofka wrote:
>> On 2015-04-20 17:16, ktm@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 05:11:00PM -0400, Michael D. Sofka wrote:
>>>> Under the scenario, would 2.5 work better?
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> In our case, the unconstrained I/O caused by the mandatory mailbox
>>> format conversion on first use would have necessitated a prolonged
>>> service outage to prevent overloading the system. 2.5 will allow you
>>> to schedule your conversions while the system is functional. This
>>> may not be a concern for you.
>>
>>
>> Hum, it might....  This would drive up the load on the 2.4 system as
>> I'm moving mailboxes?
>>
>> This project is driven entirely by the state of the SAN disks.  They
>> are either old with controller errors, or expensive to keep on
>> service, or needed elsewhere in a chain of updates.  Plan B is to
>> clone the existing
>> 2.3 server, but if I can get a new OS and application image in the
>>   process, I will be a happy camper.  But even doing that is exceeding
>>   my mandate.
>>
>> But if a 2.5 image will work with 2.2 front-end proxies, the deferred
>> conversion is worth considering.  I do anticipate the moves being off-
>> hours, but even off-hours is busy.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
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