The Revelation NLM 5.5 (General)
Created at 15 NOV 2001 03:15PM
Updated 3/26/02
The Revelation NLM 5.5 was created to solve the known slowdown when running Revelation products on a Windows 2000 workstation pointing to a Novell server. The Revelation NLM 5.5 is not a complete solution to the problem, but a partial one. The Revelation NLM 5.5 fixes the slowdown when running OpenInsight on a Windows 2000 workstation pointing to a Novell 4.x or 5.x server. It does not fix the slowdown when running Advanced Revelation in the same configuration. We are still working with Novell to remedy this problem with Advanced Revelation.
The Revelation NLM 5.5 is now out and ready for sale. It currently can be purchased in three incarnations: The Full Product, as a TradeUp or as an Upgrade. This article spells out the differences between these three items.
Revelation NLM 5.5 Full Product (SKU 5010-1-550-1)
If you are running a Revelation application on a Netware Server without any Revelation Network products, this is the product for you. You recieve all the benefits of the previous versions of the NLMs, but you avoid any slowdown in your OpenInsight applications
Revelation NLM 5.5 TradeUp (SKU 5091-1-555-1)
If you currently run your Revelation applications on a Netware 3.x or 4.x server with the Revelation NLM 1.x, but will be upgrading that server to Netware 5.x, this is the upgrade you will need. It replaces the tradeup to the Revelation NLM 5.0, and will prevent any slowdowns if you have any Windows 2000 workstations, or plan on upgrading to them.
Revelation NLM 5.5 Upgrade (SKU 5091-1-550-1)
If you are currently running the NLM 5.0 and are familiar with the slowdown issue on Windows 2000 worstations, this is the fix you need. This is a client side upgrade that will end the slowdown issue in your OpenInsight applications.
What about Advanced Revelation?
Novell has a fix for the slowdown problem regarding Arev running on a Netware server, from a Windows 2000 workstation. More information about the fix can be found on the Novell website in the TID 10054007. It our tests, it has improved the speed of Advanced Revelation to an accecptable level. At the time of this revision, benchmarks had not been run for precise percentage information.
If you are interested in pricing for the Revelation NLM's, please call Revelation at 1-800-262-4747 or 1-201-594-1422.
November, 2001