Re: [WinMac] Re: Larger Network
Welch, John C.(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Mon, 04 Oct 1999 12:41:49 -0400
my comments inline, stuff cut, yadda....
> Here, I gently disagree with you; and this goes *directly* to my point:
> Usually, I've found disk drives to go first, and *not* (well-designed)
> server power supplies. And this reveals a fatal flaw for PCI PowerPC Macs:
> No PCI option card RAID controllers. And even *if* there were hardware PCI
> RAID controllers, then that would use up one valuable slot.
Umm...there ARE PCI hardware RAID controllers...they aren't advertised as
nicely as they might be, but they exist. Again... HOW many slots do you
need? If you really need more, then get a breakout box, which loses nothing
in speed, and can gain you in reliability, because it has it's own P/S. So
if the CPU goes, you can hook the breakout box to another Mac, and be up
even faster. (although gentle disagreement is a rather nice change of pace
online. Wow...civil discourse...what next...manners? lol)
>> As far as the slot issue goes, for a file server, again, if you really need
>> more than 2 dual - channel SCSI cards and a gigabit or ATM card, then I
>> *seriously* recommend you leave both the NT and Mac toys alone, and get
>> yourself a fat Sun Enterprise server or a nice 12 - processor AS/400,
>> because you are needing BIG iron.
>
> Here again, I gently disagree with you: For small LAN's for graphics,
> prepress, & multimedia - Ethernet bandwidth and lots of RAID-protected
> storage are the norm, and not so much CPU horsepower.
Maybe, but by the time you get a Compaq or an IBM server with big RAID, BIG
I/O, etc, you are in the AS/400 area pricewise...and for reliability, an
AS/400 trounces all NT/Unix/Mac competitors. Also, a 400 is *very* easy to
set up, and is TRULY certified at C2 and better security, even ON a
network...unlike NT's PR sleight of hand.
>
>
>> As far as NetWare goes, I wouldn't recommend migrating TO it, but if you
>> have a nice stable NetWare 5 setup, and it's running well, there is NO need
>> to just throw it away. Prosoft makes a nice client, and NetWare is loads
>> better than NT.
>
> I don't like to load additional components (such as the MacIPX stack) on a
> Mac because it's just one more thing to go wrong and cause crashes. Been
> there, done her...
Agreed, but I have heard many nice things about the Prosoft client, and
NetWare's directory services are a lot more proven than the unreleased AD
>
> QUESTION (for anyone): Is there a NetWare 5 add-on that provides AFP/IP
> support, like MacServer IP and ExtremeZ-IP provides to NT4? If indeed there
> is, then this *might* cause me to dislike NetWare a little less...
>
That would be cool
>
>> Breathe deeply, plan, stay calm, plan, buy the tools YOU need, plan, and
>> party on.
>>
>> john
>>
older stuff cut
>
> Yours truly,
> Daniel L. Schwartz,
> Electrical Engineer.
>
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>
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