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From: cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Sun PC-NFS deficiencies
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.191509.23698@ccad.uiowa.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 91 19:15:09 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.174927.14249@amd.com>
Organization: CAD-Research, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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From article <1991Mar13.174927.14249@amd.com>, by phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai):
> Obviously, the thing that is most important to me (printing) is of very
> little importance to you. Therefore, the thing that is of little
> concern to me (file servers) is probably very important to you.
> 
> I don't care about file servers because I have a big disk. I got a big
> disk because they are cheap and more reliable, and less hassle than
> file servers (were in my company). Perhaps you know how it is.  If you
> have more than 50 megabytes they start whining about how you're a disk
> hog. My friend has over 330 megabytes at home. I only have 180 megabytes
> at home. I couldn't imagine gobbling up 180 megs off the file server.
> How many of you could?
> 

My staff chews up disk space like mad.  Me too.  We just get more space,
but find it more usefull where our simulations are run (UNIX machines).
I regularly chew up around 300 Meg for my simulations.  These are around
30-50 Meg apiece.  I usually have between 5-7 contracts open at once.
So this is the problem, and the need for redundancy.  Actually, printing
is highly important to me for RFQ responses to the Feds.

Somebody mentioned earlier that they were interested in printing
from Windows with PC-NFS.  I use an SGI as the pcnfsd server and have no
problems (even in 386 enhanced mode).  I use the LPT1.OS2 port in the
control printer setup.  This is Sun's suggestion.  It seems to work well.
Give it a shot.

					Tom Hite

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