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From: kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: "Netware-VMS help (performance)"
Message-ID: <1990Sep17.123726.19091@techbook.com>
Date: 17 Sep 90 12:37:26 GMT
References: <0093C96C.37F01BC0@b56vxg>
Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix
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In article <0093C96C.37F01BC0@b56vxg> lasantha@%b56vxg (Lasantha) writes:
>
>What we are discovering is that the PC's take much longer to load the 
>executables and do general file transfers off the VAX (file server). This is
>compared to a 386 based PC file server. (Its almost double the time when the 
>files start getting larger).
>
>	o Has anyone using netware for vms seen this behaviour?.

Absolutely.  Netware VMS will be slower than a 386 based PC, due to the 
performance enhacing optimization that has been written into the PC based
OS.  Netware VMS is a CONNECTIVITY solution, not a server performance 
solution.  Never was intended for that purpose.ut
>
>	o Can I do any tuning of the Netware process, drivers or anything else 
>	  to  improve the performance?.

You might try tuning VMS to give the Netware process more of a priority than
other tasks.  Not knowing VMS, I don't really know if this is viable or not.
Nor do I know if it would effect other processes running on your system and
degrade performance elsewhere. (I suspect this would be the case)
>
>	o Is this delay due to file conversion netware has to do?.

Partly.  It's also due to the fact the VMS machines have to service other
tasks, doing other stuff, other than Netware processes.  The 386 server has
no such overhead.
>
>	o I would also like to get some details about how the netware stuff 
>	  works on the VAX. The novell people here dont want to give us any 
>	  tech details.

There are a few technical bulletins that give overviews to the NW process on
VMS.  They are available to your NW VMS dealer and he should have them.  The
dealer himself may not know a lot of the techical details.  Ask for the 
publications.
>
Ken



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