In general I would not recommend using beta software unless you have the spare time...and know the stuff well.
The same applies to using the latest version of every software. This is especially true if using Windows since we are not mainstream for most software (MySQL, PHP ...etc...).
Quickly (in response to your email):
MySQL 4.1+ offers no real advantage over 4.0.x. If you site would not gain from "row locking" available since 4.1 no need to upgrade in a rush. Upgrade when you got spare time. I will upgrade most of my DBs on or before MySQL Administrator does not support 4.0 anymore...
My guess is that I will upgrade most of my DBs to 4.1.x this year or early next year.
I quickly tried 5.0 and went back to 4.x, 5.0 was slower and used more memory. Why upgrade until you have to, if it makes your application slower...? All the PHP applications I run support PHP4, in fact most of the developers of these apps still develop on PHP4. My guess is that I will be using at least 4.4.2 by year end and maybe a few instances of PHP5 (once the accelerators are solid on it....). I will probably have everything PHP5 next year...
I guess you can tell I'm a little on the conservative side of upgrades. That's because I spend many years running the latest of everything. I've determined it is more work and more troubleshooting...but it is also a good expereince if you have the time.
Cheers,
Chris
PS: I will be very busy until middle of next week so might not be able to respond for the next few days.
Joined: 2006-01-02
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In general I would not recommend using beta software unless you have the spare time...and know the stuff well.
The same applies to using the latest version of every software. This is especially true if using Windows since we are not mainstream for most software (MySQL, PHP ...etc...).
Quickly (in response to your email):
MySQL 4.1+ offers no real advantage over 4.0.x. If you site would not gain from "row locking" available since 4.1 no need to upgrade in a rush. Upgrade when you got spare time. I will upgrade most of my DBs on or before MySQL Administrator does not support 4.0 anymore...
My guess is that I will upgrade most of my DBs to 4.1.x this year or early next year.
I quickly tried 5.0 and went back to 4.x, 5.0 was slower and used more memory. Why upgrade until you have to, if it makes your application slower...? All the PHP applications I run support PHP4, in fact most of the developers of these apps still develop on PHP4. My guess is that I will be using at least 4.4.2 by year end and maybe a few instances of PHP5 (once the accelerators are solid on it....). I will probably have everything PHP5 next year...
I guess you can tell I'm a little on the conservative side of upgrades. That's because I spend many years running the latest of everything. I've determined it is more work and more troubleshooting...but it is also a good expereince if you have the time.
Cheers,
Chris
PS: I will be very busy until middle of next week so might not be able to respond for the next few days.