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From: jlamb@npd.Novell.COM (Jason "Nematode" Lamb)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows on diskless workstations
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.010323.28884@npd.Novell.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 91 01:03:23 GMT
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In article <72261@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dakwala@acsu.buffalo.edu (Nikhil Dakwala) writes:
>In article <1991Apr21.164528.12434@pbs.org> rfutscher@pbs.org writes:
>>
>>>Only catch is this. You can't tell Windows not to use a swap file. And if it
>>>comes down to using a network workstation's resources for swapping, this is
>>>the preferred order..... 1) Local Hard Drive.. 2) Local RAM Drive..
>
>>"If you are useing a Novell network, do not set the temporary swap file
>>to a net drive. Unlike other network vendors, Novell does not license
>>Microsoft"s MSNet Redirector module. Because Novell is not MSNet
>>Redictor compatible, thr root directory of a Novell network drive
>>is also the root directory of the server.  What this means is that
>>if more than one user tries to run windows in 386 enhanced mode
>>with their temporary swap file set to the same Novell drive, their
>>systems will hang because the swap files will try to be the same
>>name on the root directory of the server."
>
>>
>>Robert Futscher    rfutscher@pbs.org
>
>
>Besides that, using a network drive to store the temporary swap files,
>can easily create storage problems during run-time, because these
>files occupy lots of space.. These files are deleted too, but then
>they won't be deleted long enough for the file server to purge them
>automatically to create more space, this might eventually crash the
>network.
>
>
>Nikhil Dakwala

I agree that using a network drive to store temporary Windows swap files,
(more of a problem in 386 Enh mode than in Standard/Real), can create
storage problems if you're low on server disk space. The files can get
big. However, I don't believe that the second scenario you described
is typical behavior for a NetWare server. If you delete files, you will
get that space for the next asking application, whether or not it's 
been purged by the user (the server will purge it then). Time really
shouldn't be a factor.

Jason
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       Jason Lamb                         jlamb@Sed.Novell.COM
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