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From: rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Info on DataClub and GraceLAN
Message-ID: <1991May24.141931.726@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 24 May 91 14:19:31 GMT
References: <2846@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
Organization: Clemson University
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From article <2846@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>, by weiss@mott.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss):
> I would like people to send me info on both DataClub and GraceLAN (via
> e-mail).  Here are the questions I'd like answered:
> 
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> For GraceLAN:
> What kinds of neato things does it do for a network manager?
> How does it compare to Farallon's NetCheck and TrafficWatch?
> Does it work on both LocalTalk and Ethernet?
> Are there any compatibility problems that you know about?
> 
GraceLAN is far more sophisticated than these.  It uses a custom responder to 
give you realtime information about the files and hardware of macs on your net.
Call Technology works and get the free demo.  It's pretty impressive.  There
are several competitors in this market.  These utilities start around $400 
retail.  I'd hold off for a few months on a purchase, several products are
still in the works for this type of monitoring.

Look for Technology Works adds in Macweek, MacWorld, or MacUser.  They sell
memory products primarily, and have branched into this market reciently.