Xref: utzoo comp.unix.ultrix:6588 comp.unix.aix:4068 comp.protocols.nfs:2006 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!john From: john@iastate.edu (Hascall John Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.aix,comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: Summary IBM, DEC etc file servers Keywords: NFS DEC Message-ID: <1991Mar16.143634.15324@news.iastate.edu> Date: 16 Mar 91 14:36:34 GMT References: <1991Mar15.204401.28337@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA Lines: 33 In article <1991Mar15.204401.28337@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> xxbja@csduts1.lerc.nasa.gov (Betty Jo Armstead) writes: }Here are the replys I received in response to the post on distributed }servers. I missed the original request for this because the powers that be decided that buying a used disk for News spool was a good place to save money (har!). Anyhow, from the other responses, it sounds like we are running one of the larger fileserver setups. We currently have 4 of the following (probably 5 soon): DECstation 5000/200 CX grayscale 16-24 MB memory an additional SCSI card 8-10 x RZ57 (1GB each) TZK08 (really an EXABYTE) with which we are serving 300+ DECstations of various types, ~1500 users in a couple dozen buildings (heaven help us when we let the undergraduates on!) with NFS, Mail, Print, and all the "Athena" services, etc... Our request for bids was answered by Apollo(HP), DEC, IBM, SGI & SUN (I gather you can figure out who we selcted). We have had a goodly number of companies, universities, etc. through to have a look and I am sure we could survive some more ;-) John Hascall -- John Hascall An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger. Project Vincent Iowa State University Computation Center john@iastate.edu Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-9551