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From: kdb@intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Mac FileSharing and Unix FileSharing
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Date: 29 May 91 21:39:51 GMT
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In article <1991May24.204022.16751@cec1.wustl.edu>, jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu 
(Jeff Wolman) writes:
> 	The question I have:  Is there a way that a Unix machine (a Sun) to
> 	connect to the Mac as a client (sort of reverse GatorShare (Macs
> 	mounting Unix volumes)) so it can make a mirror copy of the Mac
> 	server's hard disk?  The main reason that we want to do this is to
> 	set up this "mirror" so that if the AppleShare server goes down,
> 	the "mirror" could substitute itself for the AppleShare server (an
> 	AUFS volume, I assume).


Yes, I believe that IPT has a product out called Partner that does pretty much 
what you want.  If I read the literature correctly.  Contact them for more 
info.  Hope that helps.


Kurt Baumann                  703.709.9890
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