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From: hurf@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: New to Domain OS - need advice
Keywords: Unix, HP Sys_Admin
Message-ID: <1990Oct4.210230.9767@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 4 Oct 90 21:02:30 GMT
Sender: hurf@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
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	We have two DN10000 with 4 processors, 64mb 2 760mb
	Maxtors each. They are configured with an ethernet 
	interface only, running Domain OS 10.2, NFS 2.1.
	We have an HP-UX environment they have
	to live in. How can I best limit my admin overhead,
	make a default BSD environment available to my users,
	use the file/device sharing capabilities of the
	Domain OS to maximize disk space? 
	Right now the total disk area appears as one space.
	Is that a good way to do things? What if one disk
	dies? Are there files spread across both disks?
	( I never have had a Maxtor go longer than a 18mos
	without having some kind of croaking episode )

	Can I use my unix format password file? Can I nfs the
	users area from other non apollo sustems? Can I use 
	a remote backup to use the DAT we have on an HP system?
	 
	The manuals seem to be saying the systems will have a
	server-client relationship for system files but it is
	not at all clear to see how to make that happen. 

	The systems are nice, we are trying to make using them
	as painless as possible. How would you do it?

	Help and advice much appreciated.

	Hurf



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