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From: zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske)
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Subject: Re: Revamping a novell network.  Ideas needed.
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Date: 3 May 91 17:30:34 GMT
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In article <41957@cup.portal.com> Jons@cup.portal.com (Jonathan S Spangler) writes:
>>		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? 
>
>I have worked with the Storage Dimensions SCSI stuff -- yes, it's a bit
>more  to pay, but probably worth it in the long run. BTW, they use
>Future Domain controllers (among others). They also have recently 
>announced some bus master SCSI controllers that perform very well, even
>under 286 NetWare.

I agree.  The Storage Dimensions SCSI drives and cards are your best bet.
WE use 8 bit SCSI cards, and they are very quick.  The 16 bit cards are
supposedly 20-25% faster than these.

>
>>		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?
>
>Under 286 NetWare, there *is* such a thing as too much memory.
>My NetWare v2.2 manual gives the following limits: Minimum RAM= 2.5Mb
>Maximum Ram= 12Mb. As a general rule though, 1K per Mb is a good measure.
>

I would recommend a base of 2.5MB, and add another 1MB of RAM for every
250MB of drive space.  This may seem a little high, but RAM is cheap, and
Novell will use all the RAM you can feed it.  The more Cache buffers you
have, the better.  Our big server has 900MB of drive space, and 8 MB of
RAM.

Just my 2 cents worth.


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