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From: iarocci@Apple.COM (John Iarocci)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: One file server or several?
Summary: nfs configuration suggestion
Keywords: nfs, sparcstation
Message-ID: <36451@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 Nov 89 01:39:06 GMT
References: <2669@levels.sait.edu.au>
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In article <2669@levels.sait.edu.au> Chris.Rusbridge@levels.sait.edu.au (Chris Rusbridge) writes:
>Apologies if this is not the right group for this query.
>server (aiming for 64 interactive users running edit, compile, run
>and/or relational database work, and 16 diskless workstations, with 2
>GByte disks or thereabouts). It has been suggested that we would be
>better off buying two or more smaller systems instead. I guess there
>seems on the face of it to be a lot more CP power in several
>SPARCstation 1s than in one SPARCstation 370, for example.
>

I would go along with the suggestion to split up the load over
two or more sparcstations set up as servers than to depend on
one machine. By using NFS you won't have any problems with regards
to users having to remember where there files are located. Besides,
the 16 diskless clients will perform much better if they are not all
booting/swaping off of one machine.

Good luck.

					John Iarocci

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