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From: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler)
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Subject: Re: Q--Can fileserver access local disks?
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Date: 3 May 91 14:35:13 GMT
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In <1991May3.003120.13929@eng.umd.edu> rfink@eng.umd.edu (Russell A. Fink) writes:

>I'm running Novell 386.  I'm wondering if the file server can access the
>hard drives of the local terminals connected to it?  

>It would be a really neat idea if all the machines that intend to use the Novell
>Server would remain logged in indefinitely, and that the server could use the 
>disks of such machines as either swap space, backup space, or general storage 
>space for individual user directories.

>Has anyone heard of such a thing?  Thanks for any response, in advance.

Yes.  It is called "Zilla" and it only runs on NeXT machines.  It allows
the cpu time on all of the machines attached to the network to perform
routines when normally they would just be sitting idle.  If you had,
for example, 10 NeXTs plugged into a common network you could have
a *Bunch* of processing power.  I am not sure when this will be available
I have only read about it.  It would be nice if someone could do something
similar on a Novell network.

Will

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