The best has just gotten better!

Today, 05/04/2006, PSOFT released its HSphere 2.5 Stable. Many new features, improvements, updates, and fixes (http://www.psoft.net/HSdocumentation/versions/index.php?v=250&p=r). Many of the new features and improvements on HSphere 2.5 are so important that we are tempted to upgrade our HSphere right away. But of course, we will wait a bit longer before we update our HSphere. We may even wait until the first or second patch (P1 or P2) has been released.

What do you guys think?

I think its a major improvement and will only consolidate HSphere as a market leader in its segment

I'm excited about some of the new features and some of the improvements. But like a lot of people I will be waiting until the first or second patch before upgrading.

The best just keeps getting better!

We may even wait until the first or second patch (P1 or P2) has been released.

Probably a wise idea. This is a major upgrade, and even though psoft has been putting our very stable first releases lately, its still probably wise to hold off.

The new features are very very exciting (and yes, its tempting to upgrade).

It would be interesting to see how the market reacts to this - especially the reseller and dedicated market.

Dual platform and clustering were always a big differentiator for hsphere - Now that dedicated reseller, hosted exchange, etc has been added, I believe this will be a difficult platform to ignore.

Should be a fun year :)

The best has just gotten better!There is no best, there's only the best for you. :P

On a more serious note, I'm glad to see that the development of H-Sphere continues.

The upgrade looks cool. Of course you should wait to upgrade. I work in IT and when looking at new patches and upgrades we following a saying. "Dont fix it uless its broke". Or at least do it on test server with a few less critical clients.

What are the new interesting features?

http://www.psoft.net/HSdocumentation/versions/index.php?v=all&p=c

On a more serious note, I'm glad to see that the development of H-Sphere continues.

..... and you ever had doubts? ;)

There is no best, there's only the best for you.
Find me a control panel that is better in a certain way than H-Sphere. That's a hopeless quest right there.

Not everyone finds H-Sphere user friendly enough. Sure, a highly subjective thingy, but a reality nevertheless. I guess that being so complete isn't always an advantage. :)

Personally, as long as a software does the job it was supposed to do, I have no real need for user friendliness. I just learn the way I have to do it and that's it. But not everyone's that way, or so I hear.

..... and you ever had doubts? For a moment there, when ownership changed, I had some small doubts regarding it's future development (rather the direction it would take).

For a moment there, when ownership changed, I had some small doubts regarding it's future development (rather the direction it would take).

Dan, I completely agree with you. I will be the first to admit that I was a little nervous when Comodo purchased psoft. However, they did this the right way - they kept key personelle in place, countinued with the companies vision and direction and added in functionality and features that complimented their existing products/services.

This is one of those purchases that has worked out exactly as it should, and I think that Comodo's ability to maintain, integrate and more importantly - listen to the brain trusts at psoft - is what has allowed this to occur.

Not everyone finds H-Sphere user friendly enough. Sure, a highly subjective thingy, but a reality nevertheless. I guess that being so complete isn't always an advantage.

I think the only place you see this is in the reseller space (and maybe dedicated), as for an end user, there is little or no difference (heck, we even has a skin that looks pretty darn close to cpanel). However, increased complexity is required for increased functionality - and eventually, the lack of functionality will become (if it hasnt already become) a competitive disadvantage -

This is one of those purchases that has worked out exactly as it should, and I think that Comodo's ability to maintain, integrate and more importantly - listen to the brain trusts at psoft - is what has allowed this to occur.I can only agree. They took a great business on a great track and let it on that track.

right now I am seriously considering giving hsphere another shot. I use to have it awhile back and loved it. The users thought it was great and I thought server management was going well....until it died. Everything basically took a dump on the system and basically had to start over with cpanel and migrate all the accounts over (still in our "testing" phase there was only about 10 friends accounts on there). To be fair I don't think I was running the server like it should have been run and then ended up where I was

Right now we are about ready to expand into custom software that will require a high reliability clustered situation and I think that hsphere is about the only way to go and I really like the direction it is heading

If you plan to install HSphere, go straight with HSphere 2.5. The fresh install would be easier and cleaner than upgrade. Also, HSphere 2.5 incorporates the ability to transfer accounts from CPanel. Something that you will find useful.

Thanks for the tips Dave, the transfer would be pretty smooth I hope, I know the transfer from hsphere to cpanel was a little tricky. I do believe I would go straight to 2.5. I am going to put about a months worth of research and testing of a new system before I switch over to make sure it is the right choice and get everything ironed out before we make the permanent switch.