shadow@uafhp.uucp (Shadow) (01/30/89)
I am a UNIX fan, but my job is UNIX-less. What kind of an argument can I make for replacing the Novell operating system on or LAN file server with UNIX? I am the LAN manager, but don't know enough to argue. We have a bunch of PC clones and a few PS/2 model 30 machines. We also have an IBM AS/400 B-60. I will drop this information on you and hope for a good argument for getting UNIX on my desk (The file-server!). If you can help me out, please reply! Thanks in advance, James Ward
bill@cosi.UUCP (Bill Michaelson) (02/01/89)
In article <1718@cveg.uucp>, shadow@uafhp.uucp (Shadow) writes: > I am a UNIX fan, but my job is UNIX-less. What kind of an argument can I make > for replacing the Novell operating system on or LAN file server with UNIX? I > am the LAN manager, but don't know enough to argue If, as you say, you don't know enough to argue, why are you already predisposed toward changing from LAN to UNIX? Shouldn't you be asking a different question? -- Bill Michaelson - uh... princeton!mccc!cosi!bill, I think. also at... Voice 609-771-6705 CompuServe 72416,1026
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (02/05/89)
>In article <1718@cveg.uucp>, shadow@uafhp.uucp (Shadow) writes: > I am a UNIX fan, but my job is UNIX-less. What kind of an argument can I make > for replacing the Novell operating system on or LAN file server with UNIX? I > am the LAN manager, but don't know enough to argue Aside from the obvious advantages of having the unix utilities to manage files, the ability to log in remotely, and uucp for communication and file transfers with other systems, you gain some flexibility in file storage. Many DOS applications are still unaware of LAN's and require a whole bunch of files (overlays, drivers, font data etc..) to be stored in the same subdirectory as the user's data. You don't want users sharing the same network directory because their data files must be kept separate, but to put the data in separate directories you must copy all the supporting files for each user. With a unix machine as the file server you can just make links to all the common files and save a lot of disk space (and know that every user is running the same version of the program). Of course you should buy a legal copy for each user but no one in their right mind wants to actually install more than one version of anything per site unless it is for testing or backwards compatibility. Les Mikesell