NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/protocol/nfs/3209

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From: [e-mail] (Dan Germann)
Subject: Can I make NFS run over SCSI to share a disk?
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:12:39 GMT
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I have an off-the-wall question/idea.  A client of mine has a system that
gathers data and writes it off to disk.  It runs on a proprietary CPU
with a kludge-o-matic "operating system".  The problem is that they need
to be able to get at the data from their UNIX system, where they have
good application software to analyze the data.  Their system has a SCSI
interface to their proprietary CPU which could be used to communicate
between the UNIX box and the data acquisition box.  Their application also
needs to be able to delete the data files when it's done analyzing the
data and has printed the report.

My off-the-wall idea is to make the data acquisition box an NFS server and
share the internal disk with the UNIX box.  It makes things very easy on
the UNIX box end -- their report generators can access the files directly
and delete them when finished.  Obviously, it makes things harder in the
data acquisition box.  Not only do I have to implement NFS server software,
I also have to find a way to convince UNIX to talk NFS over a SCSI bus.

How unrealistic am I being?  Can I get NFS/RPC/XDR source code somewhere?
Any suggestions are welcome.  Please reply via email.

-Dan Germann
[e-mail]