Why should I upgrade?

Tonyb · Post by **Tonyb** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:46 pm

We are running 3.5.0.4741 and are trying to decided if we should upgrade to 4.1.

We currently don't use any IDE integration which seams like the biggest improvement from 3.5 to 4.1.

Is the performance in 4.1 better than in 3.5?

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:19 pm

We have made performance improvements since Vault 3.5. Branching is faster, large number of checked out files do not bog down the server, we fixed many issues with Vault Export\Import, and more.

If you're not quite ready to upgrade to 4.1.1, I'd recommend you at least upgrade to 3.5.3, which is a free upgrade for you.

jimlangrunner · Post by **jimlangrunner** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:58 pm

If you've got the upgrade coming, do it. I had some trouble upgrading, but once I had it installed, it ran fine.

The usability is just "better". There's no one thing that makes it a compelling upgrade, but all the little things (improved graphics, interface tweaks, nit fixes) make it pretty compelling.

The administrator console is now solely web based, which would count as points against, except that it is very well done, and is now accessible (securely) from any desktop, so I can help anyone out, anywhere, and still have access to the admin console when needed.

Finally, as with most of the packages out there, there's a critical mass of users on a version, and older versions start go get blank stares because the folks that use it the most (and could possibly help you with a problem) have all moved on to the newer version.

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:39 pm

Well put! We can do better troubleshooting for users on the latest version.