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From: paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: NFS vs. PC Interface w/ SCO ODT...
Message-ID: <1990Aug16.005846.23815@actrix.co.nz>
Date: 16 Aug 90 00:58:46 GMT
References: <26576@usc.edu>
Organization: Actrix Public Access UNIX, Wellington, New Zealand
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In article <26576@usc.edu> rpinder@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Rich Pinder) writes:
>I am considering purchasing the SCO Open Desktop with Server upgrade. Can
>anyone help me understand the differences between the NFS Server, and the
>PC-Interface.  Both seem to have similar features, and I don't know which
>will be best for my goal:  I have 10 dos pc's, sitting on the campus wide
>ethernet backbone.  I want them to be able to access data sitting on the 
>server running SCO ODT.  Which of these scenarios would yield faster 
>performance over the net, and which would require less ram usage on the pc?

There is another option....

Microsoft LAN Manager.  Just install LM/X on SCO UNIX, and LAN Manager
on your PC's.  They talk over TCP/IP.  Note that LM/X uses a TCP/IP
version that is slightly different from the ODT standard, so this
requires some config. changes.  

As for performance and RAM -- not sure.  
-- 
Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.co.nz