JChenault
Well-Known Member
I have been asked to review a grant request for a venue. They do ( about 250 events a year. Dance, Theatre, Concerts, etc.
They have two consoles. An EOS purchased in 2006, and another console ( sounds like something in the EOS family) which they use as their backup. Their fear is that since the 2006 EOS is based on Windows XP their last update will be the 2.9 release.
They say that they can upgrade one of the consoles 'relatively inexpensively' to Win 7, but the other console cannot be upgraded.
They feel that in order to maintain system redundancy, both consoles need to be running the same software version - and ( implied ) that an update to 3.0 when it comes out is a requirement.
Putting aside the question of 'Why do you HAVE to run the latest and greatest software' Does anyone know if the statement that both consoles must be running the same software version in order to have redundancy is true?
I have not dealt enough with multiple EOS systems trying to keep a hot backup ( or even just plug one in when the first fails) to get a sense of what may make sense.
Anyone have any ideas / opinions.
( Sounds like an interesting topic to ask the ETC folks at LDI)
They have two consoles. An EOS purchased in 2006, and another console ( sounds like something in the EOS family) which they use as their backup. Their fear is that since the 2006 EOS is based on Windows XP their last update will be the 2.9 release.
They say that they can upgrade one of the consoles 'relatively inexpensively' to Win 7, but the other console cannot be upgraded.
They feel that in order to maintain system redundancy, both consoles need to be running the same software version - and ( implied ) that an update to 3.0 when it comes out is a requirement.
Putting aside the question of 'Why do you HAVE to run the latest and greatest software' Does anyone know if the statement that both consoles must be running the same software version in order to have redundancy is true?
I have not dealt enough with multiple EOS systems trying to keep a hot backup ( or even just plug one in when the first fails) to get a sense of what may make sense.
Anyone have any ideas / opinions.
( Sounds like an interesting topic to ask the ETC folks at LDI)