57 StarTeam (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
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This article is from the Configuration Management Tools FAQ, by Dave Eaton dwe@arde.com with numerous contributions by others.
57 StarTeam (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
StarTeam by StarBase Corporation offers common version control
features such as check-in/check-out, branching and merging, multiple
directory support, and key-word expansion, plus integrated interface
features to improve ease of use. Some of the additional features
include version and build labels and an integrated defect tracking
component.
StarTeam has a good combination of both version-control and integrated
bug-tracking, plus some nice features such as threated messaging,
internet client-server, and a web client interface option. It supports
a visual merge within the tool. Unlike some of the other middle-market
priced tools, it runs as a server and client on Windows NT, not
requiring a UNIX server. For best performance, users have reported
that the archives should reside on the same machine which is running
the StarTeam service.
Version 4.1 added a new IDE and database support. StarTeam
interoperates with both Visual SourceSafe and PVCS archives. Other
features added with version 4 include MS Project 98 integration for
project planning a well as COM and Java class interfaces for client
use over the Internet from non-Windows operating systems.
Some users have reported data losses, particularly in multi-processor
installations where all "service packs" have not been installed.
(StarBase has reported that this problem was traced to Microsoft SQL
Server 6.5 failure. If StarTeam process was run on a separate system
this problem did not occur.) StarBase's tech support line has received
praise from several users.
A supplier WWW site is available at http://www.starbase.com.
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