[WinMac] Re: NT Server for Rampage RIP
Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 18 May 1999 17:49:35 -0400
Dear Scott,
I'll answer you inline, and post it to both lists since you asked it
twice! :)
At 08:32 AM 5/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>From: Scott Fellman <sfellman@gatewaygraphics.com>
>
>Mac-NT Listers,
>
>My company is installing an imagesetter later this year. I can't talk my
>prepress manager out of using Rampage for the RIP. This solution
>requires a high performance NT server for filesharing with our Mac
>clients. I would like to build the server (I can get the parts for less
>than half of what our vendors are quoting and build a much better
>product) but I've never a)set up a raid or b)setup an NT server for
>filesharing with Macs. Neither of these two things seems that difficult
>but I don't want to hang my neck out there and not be successful!!!
>
>Question 1:
>I'm considering an Adaptec AAA-133 3 channel raid controller controlling
>two 4.5 gig cheetahs in a mirrored raid (need redundancy for the main
>server) and three 36 gig Ultrastar ZX's in a striped raid 5
>configuration with parity for the RIP/Mac clients. I need the raid 5
>drive broken into 2 volumes (one for the RIP, one for the Mac clients).
>Is there a way to do this with the raid controller or will I need to
>create the 72 gig volume under raid and then create two partitions under
>NT?
I would avoid the adapcrap RAID adapters - Especially the AAA series -
Because they suck up valuable CPU cycles. Use a Mylex controller instead...
>
>Question 2:
>Is this correct-all I need to do on the server to install services for
>Macintosh, go into the services control panel and enable file sharing
>for Macintosh in order to share files with my Mac Clients (OS 8.1 on all
>clients)?
Go to the Network Control Panel, click on the Services tab and add
Services For Macintosh. Just be sure to reapply SP3 and the post-SP3 SFM
hotfixes at a minimum - SP5 preferred. (SP5 is pretty benign, as opposed to
SP4: It's mostly an agglomeration of hotfixes and security patches.)
>
>Question 3:
>Am I really asking for trouble or is this whole process as
>straightforward as it seems? I have a list of the hardware I'm using if
>anyone needs to look it over before offering up an answer to this last
>question...
Yes, let's take a look at it. Also, if the RIP software is AlphaNT-native,
check out the Compaq DS10 at the links below. But be prepared to stand in
line: Engineering firms and animation studios have blocks of hundreds of
these boxes ordered for rendering farms and Beowulf clusters, and the
backlog is incredible.
http://www.digital.com/info/LIW0K7/
http://www.digital.com/info/LIW0K4/
http://www.digital.com/info/LIW0JT/
http://www.digital.com/info/LIW0JQ/
And for VMS:
http://www.digital.com/info/LIW0KM/
http://www.digital.com/info/LIW0KC/
Cheers!
Dan
>Thanks in advance
>Scott
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