My two cents: Just upgrade. We hammer on it pretty hard and the transition has not only been smooth, it's been a delight. The query cache, on our load, handles 60% of the queries, which I never imagined would happen.
4.0.18 feels as boringly stable as most released MySQLs :) --Pete On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 11:52:47PM +0100, Mark wrote: > Hello, > > I am long since using MySQL 3.23.58; and it works perfectly. In fact, it > works so well, that I have always been very hesitant to upgrade to the 4.x > series. Especially, since 4.x, a year ago or so, was still rather unstable. > > But I like the new query-cache. So, I wonder, how stable is 4.0.18 really? > (compared to 3.23.58). Since I read that I need to upgrade DBD:mysql for all > Perl clients as well, I am not too keen to just give it a whirl, only to > find > out I upgraded to a potential lemon. > > Counting on an honest assessment (and not the promo rap), how stable is it, > really? Can I risk upgrading? Or is it still too flaky? I run a news server > on it, and server mail client databases; so I really cannot afford an > unstable product. > > Thanks, > > - Mark > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
