fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) (03/20/85)
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Looking for descriptions of (or pointers to articles describing) the salient
characteristics of these servers. As I understand it, a server provides
me access (via a set of functionalities/commands) to some resource. In a LAN
setting (typical), this resource is potentially remote to my system.
- communications server -- maybe my system doesn't have X.25 or SNA hw/sw
but another does?
- disk server -- how does this differ from a file server?
- file server -- access to a remote file system? how does this compare with
a networked/distributed/virtual file system? are networked/distributed/
virtual synonymous with reference to file systems?
- terminal server -- a glorified port selector like Micom or Bridge CS/1?
- print server -- thar's this printah ovah thay-ah ah'd lak to use?
- time server -- keeps subscribers in synch?
others?
I am familiar with Fusion, and have a passing acquaintance with
TCP/IP & friends, ISO protocols, and GM-MAP.
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