Re: [WinMac] Using NT for a MacFile server [WAS :Re: Film Bureau and Platforms]
mark.maytum@pompy.com
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:38:19 -0400
Rod,
Well, I'm running two Compaq 1600's w/2SL RAID controllers and two Mac
9650's. Both the Macs are connected to a RAID tower with a 4 host SCSI
bridge in it (each have their own volume partitions of course). So the
part about Macs not supporting hardware raid doesn't hold up. *Everything*
supports hardware raid. Your host computer doesn't have to carry the RAID
controller. And as far as software RAID goes, an NT mirrored partition is
one step above useless and NT striped partitions are...well...fine. To be
fair, SoftRaid and HDT on the mac side are about equal to their NT software
RAID counterparts. If you're going to mirror your boot partition, chances
are, it's not going to be a *painless* recovery.
If you don't count my attempt to hack the 9650's with Newer G3 cards
recently (which was an experience), all four of our servers have similar
uptimes. We have both AtEase for Workgroups users and NT roaming users to
think about here. I really wouldn't want to have to do without *either*
server platform.
However, in your case, assuming that you don't want to do any domain level
type authentication, I'd stick with ASIP. The lack of parity RAM and more
PCI slots than you'll likely ever fill probably won't be a showstopper. A
properly configured ASIP server is very stable. It's also....easy to
configure.
Considering that you need to add some extra (and not cheap) software to an
NT server to get acceptable SFM performance out of it, I don't think price
is really going to be a consideration.
As always, your mileage may vary.
HTH,
Mark Maytum
Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation
P.S. *Not* covering my head. Flame at will everybody.
"Daniel L. Schwartz"
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texas.edu> Subject: [WinMac] Using NT for a MacFile
server [WAS :Re: Film Bureau and Platforms]
09/21/99 01:08 PM
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cooperation list"
Dear Dan,
No "barrage" here... In fact, if you reference my original note
I
dismissed OS X server before ASIP 6.2. The main reason for dismissing
ASIP 6.2 & MacOS 8.6 is because of the flimsy hardware, MacOS 8.6
stability, and lack of hardware RAID.
Also, I expectedly stated in my recommendations near the bottom
that
MacServer IP or InterGraph's ExtremeZ-IP to implement AFP/IP:
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