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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleShare (on a Mac) vs Netware's Mac VAP/NLM (on a PC)
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Date: 7 May 91 16:39:53 GMT
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tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik) writes:
 
>Is the consultant correct?  is a Network server running Mac VAP/NLM
>(on an 80x86 system) better than AppleShare file server (on a Mac)?
 
For an easy answer to the question see (yes, folks, you guessed it)
the June issue of MacUser, where servers were tested. We didn't get NW
3.11 and the AFP NLM in time, but we did compare AShare (on various
Macs) and NW 2.15c.
 
The vague answer to the question, however, is that the "best" server
depends entirely on the application. Database transactions are quite
different than mass file-copying, and some servers do better in one
than another.
 
We will almost certainly be looking at NW 3.11 with NW/Mac 3.0 (the
NLM) in an upcoming issue.
 
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Stephan Somogyi                          No. No. No. I'm NOT with MIS.
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