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From: rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Netware 386 NFS capabilities
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Date: 9 May 91 16:54:41 GMT
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In <42116@cup.portal.com> Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes:
>>I'd say a UNIX bigot is someone who would rather spend $80,000 or more
>>for a Sun server that is out-performed by a less-than-$10,000 '486
>>machine running NW/386 and NFS.

ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer) writes:
>If you only want file services, NW/386 is great.  I think you've understated
>the price...

I'll second that.  NetWare is *overpriced*.  We just spent $12.5K a pop
for NetWare 3.11, *per server*.  We have yet to pay the $5K a pop, *per
server*, for NFS.  So your comparison here is more like a $30,000 386
box vs. an $80,000 Sun box.

Let's compare apples and apples, though, with a 386 NFS server:

	The Box		$1,500
	Memory, 8mb	 1,000
	Two 330M disks	 2,500
	 & controller
	SCO Unix	   600
	SCO TCP/IP	   450
	SCO NFS		   400
			------
			$6,450

A wee bit less pricey than the $80,000 Sun system, and even a bit less
pricey than the $17.5K Novell charges for 3.11 plus NFS.

My TCP/IP subnet is likely to grow by leaps and bounds for every small
increment our Novell network grows, if this price disparity continues.

Call me a Unix bigot, if you must, but recall I'm also doing my part to
help those of us who must continue dealing with DOS.

-rich