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From: Todd Strauch
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleShare (on a Mac) vs Netware's Mac VAP/NLM (on a PC)
Message-ID: <1991May8.111258.13964@engin.umich.edu>
Date: 8 May 91 11:12:58 GMT
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>The consultant has indicated to me that Netware is a better performer
>and have increased security features than AppleShare file server.
>
>QUESTION:  Is the consultant correct?  is a Network server running
>           Mac VAP/NLM (on an 80x86 system) better than AppleShare
>           file server (on a Mac)?
>
Recent articles in several Mac trade publications, have placed Novell's Netware
3.11 running MAC VAP/NLM at the same level as Apple's AppleShare product.  On a
386 machine, speed is about the same.  Netware does have security advantages,
particularly at the file level.  

Though our department does not currently have a Novell network, we are
considering one after working with one on another department's network.  It was
running Novell's Netware 3.11 on an IBM PS/2 model 95 (33mhz, 486) and it
screamed.  Access via a Mac was seamless and performance far outstripped our
IIci AppleShare server.  To be fair, though, the PS/2 was not heavily used
while the IIci is almost always at it's 50 user limit.