I did notice it to be a little laggy sometimes, I get the impression it is doing stuff, it's just not overly informative in telling you what it's doing.
Basically I'm looking for a way of handling patch management, whilst we weren't affected the recent bugs/worms have really hit home that we need some way to handle this across 300 or so workstations (we still have 95 machines on site but I figure those are beyond redemption!) and whilst I admit I've not yet tried it I belive SUS may be a little restrictive (too "all or nothing"/"everthing or none"). If we did go for it it would initially be to manage around 25 servers with a view to expanding to cover more machines if it works out. It would probably live on a decent specced server, or my machine - nice excuse for a Dell Dual Xeon workstation :-0 The reason I was drawn to it is a few factors - no agents, the pricing, which does seem attractive, plus Shavlik seem very cosy with Microsoft - I figure if they're working together and MS licence their technology there's quite an incentive for Shavlik to do a decent job? I may give updateexpert a look, also I recall someone mentioning a product called patchlink, and if I'm feeling real brave I might try SUS. I appreciate any info you advice/info can offer - I appreciate it's OT but most of here are professionals and do this for a job so the advice tends to be good! regards, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: RE: OT - Shavlik HFNetchkPro, anyone use it? The free version is certainly worth the price, but the memory usage and slow response when trying to execute against even the maximum number of free supported servers has prompted me to look elsewhere for a solution I'd invest $ in. YMMV -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:45 AM Posted To: swynk Conversation: OT - Shavlik HFNetchkPro, anyone use it? Subject: OT - Shavlik HFNetchkPro, anyone use it? As subject really, trialling it now on some of our servers and it looks quite impressive for the cost (which isn't very much). Anyone using it and have any good experiences or any horror stories using it? regards, Paul -- Paul Hutchings Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
