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From: mhovan@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Mike Hovan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Revamping a novell network.  Ideas needed.
Keywords: novell revamp
Message-ID: <1991May2.200911.21003@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
Date: 2 May 91 20:09:11 GMT
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va.
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	We have a small ethernet Novell network (v2.12) setup for 
some of the programmers where I work.  It is an all 286 based network
(servers/workstations), although we may have some 386 workstations
added in the near future.  I can't convince management to ditch all
of the 286's, and replace them with 486's. :(  But I have convinced
them to add some hardware to make it a more useful network.

	We are adding extended and expanded memory to most of the 
workstations.  We are going to add a large drive to the Server.  We
currently have a small MFM drive, I was hoping to be able to add a SCSI
drive.  We are going to add memory to the server to handle the need for
a larger directory cache. 

	Now the questions:

		1) Can a SCSI and an MFM co-exist in the server in  
		   this environment?
		2) What SCSI host adapters work well under this version
		   of Netware? (I have used the adaptec 154[02]-[AB] 
		   under Unix, and would be happy to use them.)  Do I 
		   need drivers? 
		3) Is 1k per 1meg of disk space the amount of memory to
		   add for a new disk?  Does adding more than this help 
		   anything?
		4) Are there any VAP's that handle full disk caching? 
		   (The MFM drive is pretty slow) 
		5) Is there a networkable version of 1-2-3 available?
		   (Something with a 1 user license is fine.)

	A related question:

		How do network tape drives work?  Do you just mount a
		tape in them at the file server, and then access them 
		as if they were another volume?

Thanks,
	Mike

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