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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:05:53 -0500
- From: "Larry C. Stanley" <ls3h+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM's on a NOVEL File/Server
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- Donnie,
-
- I have just finished setting up a CD server system for the 3
- Libraries here at CMU.
- The system is running on the campus backbone using only the Novell
- Netware IPX communications. The controller is a product offered by
- On-Line Computers called OPTI-NET. On-Line is located in Germantown
- Maryland 20874 at 20251 Century Boulevard (800) 922-9204. You should
- check with them to see how Opti-Net will work with your OS/2 Desktop
- environment and your IBM/Token Ring.
-
- A PC is required to act as the CD server/Opti-Net controller. The
- instructions from On-Line state that a workstation can be used as a
- combination workstation and CD server. This is a true statement, if the
- Search program does not use a lot of space. I tried it,and the first
- application program I tested crashed.
-
- We are currently running 3 Opti-Net servers that can access 48 CDs and
- have had no problem with the systems once the configuration bugs were
- ironed out.
- Chained Pioneer 6 Packs and Hitachi multi-drive stacks of 8 readers
- are successfully working together on each server.
- The 6 Pack~s single reader does slow the hookup & access time.
- Opti-Net allows for up to 100 users and the workstation access to
- Novell is not required to use the CD server.
-
- Another product you should consider is SCSI Express. I~ve heard that
- it sets up drive letters that can be seen by Novell.
-
- I hope this has been of some assistance.
-
- Larry C. Stanley
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Library Automation, Hunt Library
- Frew Street
- Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213
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- Phone (412) 268-6855
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