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From: jalsop@seachg.uucp (John Alsop)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: (PC) NFS on floppy-only PC's
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.141703.2241@seachg.uucp>
Date: 14 Nov 90 14:17:03 GMT
Organization: Sea Change Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Most of the (PC) NFS installations I know of (not that many!) have the 
individual PC's equipped with a hard disk, and use the NFS server mainly
for data storage as opposed to program storage.

What are people's experience with using NFS on floppy-only PC's i.e. use the
NFS server in place of a local hard disk on the PC, for both program and
data storage?

This type of approach would appear to have some advantages in terms of
cost, and in avoiding the proliferation of local copies of files.

Is this a reasonable strategy to follow if planning a new PC installation?
What sorts of problems occur?  How well does this approach scale up as the
number of PC's increases?  Any recommendations as to specific vendor
implementations for the (PC) NFS side?  Is it possible to do the above with
diskless PC's (not even a floppy)?

All responses appreciated.  I will post a summary in a week or so.

-- 
John Alsop

Sea Change Corporation
6695 Millcreek Drive, Unit 8
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 5R8
Tel: 416-542-9484 Fax: 416-542-9479
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