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From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Increasing RAM on AppleShare Server
Summary: MacUser, May '89
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Date: 12 Oct 89 20:30:38 GMT
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In article <33912@beta.lanl.gov> laa@beta.lanl.gov (Lee A Ankeny) writes:
>If anyone out there has done a better comparitive study, I'd like to hear 
>about it.
>
>Lee Ankeny laa@lanl.gov

MacUser's May 1989 issue has got a great report that compares LocalTalk
vs. EtherTalk, AppleShare vs. TOPS, and also covers performance differences
when using a Mac Plus, SE, II, IIx, SE/30, and Compaq 286.

It's a great report.  Required reading for any Mac network manager, I'd say.

A short excerpt about RAM on the server:  
"How much RAM should your file server have?  As little as you can get away
with.  We found little difference in performance between 1 and 5 megabytes
of RAM.  AppleShare gets along fine with 1 megabyte;  however, if you plan
to run it concurrently with a spooler or E-mail, we recommend at least 2
megabytes."  (MacUser, May '89, p. 160)

-John
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