Advice on moving from Vera2 to Vera3.

I am seeking feedback from anyone who has converted their installation from Vera2 to Vera3.

Clean Vera3 install feedback is also welcome. However I am more interested in those who have converted from Vera2 to Vera3.

I have about 70 devices (full mix of sensors, appliance/switch modules/slave controllers) and 15 cameras on my Vera2 running UI5. I have since trimmed back to 5 cameras. Due to memory concerns I also limited the installed apps to:

• SmartPhone Web Interface
• Wake-on-LAN
• Virtual On/Off Switch

Feedback from this forum and my own experience suggests I may be exceeding the capabilities of the system. The system reports very little free memory and I believe performance is suffering as a result.

I am interested in your experience with the conversion process in total.

Would you also kindly consider commenting on the following specific questions?

  1. Did you migrate your existing setup to the new Vera3 or start a new install from scratch?

  2. If you migrated;

a. Did the migration work well?

b. If you had to start over, what would you do differently? Start from scratch?

  1. Do you consider Vera3/UI5 to be “stable” or would you suggest holding off until the product matures a few more months?

  2. How does the performance of Vera3 compare to Vera2?

  3. Can you share how much memory is available between the old Vera2 and the new Vera3?

  4. If you don’t have Vera2 information, can you share the memory state of your Vera3? For comparison, my Vera2 is:

                 total         used         free     shared    buffers
    

Mem: 30540 29504 1036 0 2364
Swap: 65528 112 65416
Total: 96068 29616 66452

  1. Did you find anything “surprising” or exceptional with the Vera3 missing from Vera2? For example, did you discover any new usability of features with the Vera3?

  2. Did you find any drawbacks with Vera3 compared to Vera2? For example, did you discover any features or desirable traits of the Vera2 that are missing from Vera3?

  3. In your opinion, was the upgrade worth the financial and labor investment?

Thanks MUCH for your sharing your knowledge!

Hi –

Am I to anssume NO ONE has migrated from Vera 2 to Vera 3?

        Don 

         >:(

Most of answers to your question should be found in this thread.

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,10145.0.html