samba - Mar 2001 - 2.2 Alpha3 - how stable is it?

Hi all,

I was wondering what the feeling was of those on this list as to how stable
this alpha is?  Is it useable in a production environment for basic file
sharing of a shared database (ACT)?

The reason I am asking is I am having major file corruption issues with
Win2K clients using 2.07, and if the suggestions already made do not fix the
problem, I would be willing to try it, if it is (useable, that is).

Otherwise, this will put a MAJOR delay in my Win2K->Linux conversion project
for our network, and this would be a definite 'not-good' as far as my
boss's
already skeptical attitude toward making this change.

Thanks

Charles Marcus
I.T. Director
Media Brokers International
CharlesM@Media-Brokers.com

Personally, I wouldn't even use a _beta_ version in a production
environment... much less an alpha.  I run into enough problems with
production releases (MS) to keep me busy enough as it is.  Installing an
alpha release on my home/lab network might be something I try only after
I've backed up everything I can backup.

Gary



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Marcus" <CharlesM@media-Brokers.com>
To: <samba@us5.samba.org>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:48 AM
Subject: 2.2 Alpha3 - how stable is it?

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering what the feeling was of those on this list as to how
stable
> this alpha is?  Is it useable in a production environment for basic file
> sharing of a shared database (ACT)?
>
> The reason I am asking is I am having major file corruption issues with
> Win2K clients using 2.07, and if the suggestions already made do not fix
the
> problem, I would be willing to try it, if it is (useable, that is).
>
> Otherwise, this will put a MAJOR delay in my Win2K->Linux conversion
project
> for our network, and this would be a definite 'not-good' as far as
my
boss's
> already skeptical attitude toward making this change.
>
> Thanks
>
> Charles Marcus
> I.T. Director
> Media Brokers International
> CharlesM@Media-Brokers.com
>
>
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Charles Marcus wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering what the feeling was of those on this list as to how stable
> this alpha is?  Is it useable in a production environment for basic file
> sharing of a shared database (ACT)?
I have been using alpha2 in a production environment for two weeks now.  Only
one Win2k client on the network but, that's all it took with 2.07.  Aside
from
a c/o issue with Dave (Macs), everything is fine.

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