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From: marc@spix7.depr.bull.fr ( Marc PARIGOT )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: OSF Picks Apollo's NCS for Distributed Computing
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Date: 14 Jun 90 12:52:18 GMT
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In article <9006071810.AA19272@richter.mit.edu> krowitz%richter@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (David Krowitz) writes:
>I feel compelled to point out that NFS is a distributed file system built
>on top of Sun's RPC. NCS is HP/Apollo's RPC, but there is no distributed
>file system built on top of NCS that I am aware of. Comparing NFS to NCS
>is a case of comparing Apples to Oranges. 

AFS (Andrew File System) is a distributed file system built on top of NCS.
Has anyone information about it?
And too: has anyone an idea about the gain due to CPS for a NCS applications?

				Marc
Email:Marc.Parigot@depr.bull.fr