Version Compatability?

[aaron navaro]

Would there be any problems moving from version 701 to the latest version by just stopping the service, backing up the /data dir, installing the new version, and starting it?

I'm guessing if the backend is ESENT, there is no signficant versioning probs, but since this is a prod system I just want to be sure.

Thanks

Aaron

[Matt Warren]

RavenDB handles any ESENT schema changes internally, so you might see a slow startup the first time.

However there have been some breaking changes between b701 and the latest, so you need to look out for those. See  https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/ravendb/breaking$20change 

[Matt Warren]

Also, I'd recommend trying it out on a test system first. I.e. make a copy of you data, run the latest RavenDB build against the copy and check it works in staging, before changing production.

[Chris Marisic]

Make sure the test system is the same OS as the production. Win 2008 R2 -> Win 2008 R2, Win 2008 -> Win 2008 etc. Otherwise you can introduce new problems due to the OS level differences in esent.