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From: sblair@synoptics.COM (Steven C. Blair)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: appleTalk backup
Keywords: MtXinu, AFS, Sun, Auspex...
Message-ID: <21776@mvis1.com>
Date: 30 Jul 90 23:17:00 GMT
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Organization: SynOptics Communications Inc. Mountain View, Ca.
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Why not just get in touch with MtXinu?? Their KAshare runs just like
Appletalk over the ethernet to a Sun host. I have a pair of 4/390's
that I use their code on as AFS servers. Then, with a tool called
Budtool from Delta Microsystems in Livermore, Ca., I dump to 8mm
via a graphical front-end tool each evening.

Think, about it for a moment. The Macintosh users here use FastBack II,
from their local Macintoshes, to the MTXinu(Sun) disk host. The Mac users
have a complete -0- backup done in very fast times. How fast, you might
ask? Well, I can dump a 15Mbyte folder from my MacIIcx to the Sun server
in under 4 minutes either using FastBack II or just dragging the folder.

The KAshare also runs on NS5000's from Auspex. Currently, we've been running
benchmarks on both the NS5000 and the 4/490 with several accellerators. We've 
turned our proposals to our management, but as of yet, have not made a formal
decision. Applications loaded on the Sun&/or Auspex proposed machines run faster
from these servers than they do from the local hard disks.

We're looking into about 16Gbytes of online storage for the business, and engineering
sides of the house here. UNIX machines are so horrendously fast, theat they are
a natural for doing this.

Quit using CAP, it's got numerous problems. Regardless of the server that you choose,
get the MtXinu code. It's the fastest Appletalk<->UNIX s/w I've personally ever
seen.

I only express opinions of what we've seen while I work here. 
-- 
Steven C. Blair		Network Operations Center
SynOptics Communications Inc. Mountain View, California
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