richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (04/08/89)
We have, where I work, a myriad of PC's. Recently, an engineer
here hooked them all together via RS-232 cables to a smart
switch box, and proclaimed: "Lo verily, now we have a network
and can share the laser printer and the ability to exchange
files"
Well, it does work ok for sharing the laser printer, but people
are still using sneaker/floppy net to transfer files around. It's
easier, it's quicker.
This isn't really a problem, people can do what they want, but confronted
now with the problem of backups in a regular basis, we need a better
solution.
Here's what I want, perhaps you folks can tell me if it exists.
What I want is the ability to do backups like Apollo workstations
do, where one node on the network copies the file(s) to tape
from everyones machine without any operator intervention apart
from loading the tape and saying GO.
Does this exist for the PC ?
Email me if you arnt clear on what I'm talking about.
As an aside, does UUPC work "in background" or does
it take over the machine when it's runing. It seems
to me that a fair portion of this could be done
with UUCICO, UUCP and CRON analogues for the PC
if they run in background and will let me do what
I normally do in foreground.
PLease respond to me directly, I dont read this group.
Thanks.
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