vimal@govt.shearson.com (Vimal Kakkar) (06/26/90)
Our network is growing, its becoming difficult to move diskless clients across the network, therefore we are looking for a network server. We are evaluating Auspex NS-5000, Sun-490 and Sequent S27 servers. Auspex claims that NS 5000 with 1 ethernet and from 1 to 4 disks on the server has 1.4-4.2 times the throughput of the 4/490. The Throughput can increase upto 10 times with 2 ethernets and 4 disk drives. We have also heard a rumor that they achive this by sending the acknowledgement before write rather than after write. Has any one done any evaluation of the above machines? Would you like to share your experiences? Any information is welcome. In return I promise to summarize all the info and pass it on.