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- From: dwight@hyphen.com (Dwight Ernest)
- Subject: Re: INFO NEEDED: Mutual file server for NFS *AND* Novell networks?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.174426.13539@hyphen.com>
- Organization: Hyphen, Inc., Wilmington, MA 01887 USA / +1 508 988-0880
- References: <C0538L.DB@qualis.com> <1i0aecINNccp@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 17:44:26 GMT
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- mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
-
- >In article <C0538L.DB@qualis.com> mikeh@qualis.com (Michael T. Horne) writes:
- >>Basically I'm looking for a file server that can serve both Novell clients
- >>and NFS clients that are on separate nets, possibly linked via a SLIP
- >>telephone link.
-
- >What you want is Novell Netware 3.11 with Netware NFS. It will
- >probably run you somewhere between $6,000 and $15,000, depending on
- >how many users your Netware license is for. Plus, of course, the cost
- >of the PC hardware. It will do everything you need, except for
- >SLIP -- I don't think Novell has any SLIP support. You will probably
- >have to get a router with SLIP or PPP capabilities, attach it to your
- >net, and have your remote stations dial into the router in order to
- >talk to the server.
-
- Or a Sun server with Netware Sunlink, which is the way I'd probably go
- for a good price/performance ratio. Then SLIP or PPP would be available
- either commercially or in the public domain for the Sun platform, as
- thousands of Sun users can attest. And, of course, NFS would be in there
- from the beginning.
-
- More and more frequently, a Sun server is becoming a very reasonable
- alternative to PC servers.
- --
- --Dwight A. Ernest R&D Manager (USA) I speak only for myself.
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