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Jeff Thomas wrote:
>
> Hello All--
>
> I'm not exactly up to speed on NT server 4.0 or 2000, but as the "One eyed
> man in the Land of the Blind" I'm being asked to design a NT network, spec
> out a server, and put it all in a proposal that explains the benefits,
> costs, and advantages over the Novell system which has failed miserably.
>
> We have about 200 students and 30 faculty and staff. The students are
> required to get laptops running NT. We would like to provide software from
> the server to the students. I don't think that NT2000 actually pushes apps
> like Novell.
What do you mean 'pushes'??
Do you mean running off of the server? Installing off of the server?
> What options does NT2000 have for providing or "pushing" University
> licensed software to student laptops?
Much like Novell, you put up a publically accessible directory, you can
even map it as a drive, they can access it when connected to the
network.
> Students have to have access to MS Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, and
> some 3D rendering software such as FormZ and Canvas. Are any of the server
> options obviously better for our environment?
OUCH...on a Laptop?? I'm _really_ glad I'm not one of your students!
(Protectively hugging my dual 17" monitors that I use for those sorts of
apps ;-)
It really depends on the apps. There _used_ to be network-based installs
of those programs, in that case speed depends a lot on the speed of the
server; in terms of raw speeds, NT is still a little slow on the file
service than Novell is. For most uses, this isn't that noticeable, from
our experience.
However, since the time we went from a Novell-based network, to an NT
one most of the applications we have used have gone to a per/installed
user license from a per user (whihc allowed concurrent licensing) and
hard drive prices have plummeted, so most everyone gets the software
installed on their computers. So we've actually moved away from using
the network like you are talking about.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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