Re: Upgrading to DIVA 6.0?

HI Michele,

answering your questions:

we did upgrading from diva 5 to 6, but on the same computers (xw4300)
and have seen not any difficulties with the older database and experiments. 
answer 1: yes, database and experiments can be transferred
       2: we do have a HTS and we didn't had any problem running it from
older experiments on a FacscantoII
       3: make backups from your experiments or complete database before
you start upgrading
       4: I like it. It's better. Some favorite options I use daily:
adjusting regions proportionally, stop/resume sorting is saving the
sortcounts now, and CST Instruments performance control.

cheers,

Berend Hooibrink
dept. Cell biology
AMC University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands

----- Original Message -----
From: Michele Black <mblack2@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:29 pm
Subject: Upgrading to DIVA 6.0?

> Greetings,
> 
> 
> Does anyone have first hand experience upgrading to DIVA 6.0? I am
> purchasing 3 new HP workstations (xw4400's) so as far as speed, 
> memory and
> HD space I should be set. I will be putting these on my Canto, 
> LSRII and
> Aria. 
> 
> 
> Questions
> 
> 1. Can the experiments and user database be transferred to 6.0 from a
> previous version from an old workstation? 
> 
> 2. Anyone using HTS on an LSR II, do the HTS templates transfer OK?
> 
> 3. Do's and don'ts when upgrading? If you have already gone through 
> this and
> know of some things that will save me from pulling my hair out I 
> would love
> to hear what you have to say.
> 
> 4. General impression of the improvements from the previous version?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Michele
> 
> 
> Michele Black 
> Director | Cell Analysis Facility 
> 
> Department of Immunology
> 
> University of Washington
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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