Any benefit to upgrading format locally only?

[Russ Brown]

Hi,

We generally use bound checkouts almost exclusively. Currently we are 
using pack-0.92 formats both locally and on the server, and need to keep 
pack-0.92 on the server for reasons of compatibility with some older 
clients that we have on servers.

My question is, would there be any benefit (performance, space) to 
upgrading to a newer format (1.6 or 1.9) locally only on clients that 
support a newer format?

Conversely, would it cause any problems when communicating with the 
server (specifically, could the format upgrade 'bleed' onto the server 
at all, or would it remain local)?

Thanks.

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Russ.