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From: david%pyr@gatech.edu (David Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Servers for Suns?
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Date: 15 Dec 88 20:08:55 GMT
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I'm looking for servers for Suns.  Right now, we have a Vax 11/750 running
4.3+NFS, and six 3/60's.  I want to find a box to both replace the 750 and
be a server for the Suns.  My question:  Is anyone using a non-Sun machine
as a server for Suns?  We thought about a 4/260 or a 4/280, but have a lot
of undergraduate use on the 750 that might prove to be a BIG bottleneck
(20-30 students doing vi, pi, pc, cc, f77, etc.)  If anyone has
experiences with a Sun 4 under these circumstances, I'd be real interested
to know how the machine holds up!

Summary:  I want a machine for 20-30 undergraduate students doing things
that cs students do (on dumb terminals), and that will serve 6-10 3/60's.
Any recommendations?

Thanks,
  David Brown

David Brown
Armstrong State College, Savannah, Georgia
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