jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu (Jeff Wolman) (05/25/91)
Hello to all those out in Netland! I have got a complicated question about Macs and Unix (Sun's) sharing files. At Washington University, the engineering subnet will be going to be expanding into three separate, smaller subnets. On one of these subnets will be the Macintosh lab that I manage, an IIcx AppleShare server connected to 15 Mac SE's and 5 Mac +'s thru AppleTalk. The plan is to connect this AppleShare network to the CISCO subnet via a GatorBox CS. The question I have: Is there a way that a Unix machine (a Sun) to connect to the Mac as a client (sort of reverse GatorShare (Macs mounting Unix volumes)) so it can make a mirror copy of the Mac server's hard disk? The main reason that we want to do this is to set up this "mirror" so that if the AppleShare server goes down, the "mirror" could substitute itself for the AppleShare server (an AUFS volume, I assume). Does anyone have experience in Mac to Unix filesharing, especially with regards to copying between the two platforms? Would CAP be required for the "mirror" on the Unix side? Basically, any help would be good, as I am somewhat unfamiliar in this area. Please send your replies to: jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu or dale@cec1.wustl.edu (my supervisor in this endeavor) If you post a reply to this message, make sure that you Email it to me, as our news server is a little bit flakey. Thanks in advance! | Jeff Wolman | The moral of the story is: | | (314)727-8756/889-5097 | Never underestimate the bandwith of | | jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu | a station wagon full of magnetic | | AOL: JeffW15 | tapes hurtling down the highway. |
kdb@intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (05/30/91)
In article <1991May24.204022.16751@cec1.wustl.edu>, jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu (Jeff Wolman) writes: > The question I have: Is there a way that a Unix machine (a Sun) to > connect to the Mac as a client (sort of reverse GatorShare (Macs > mounting Unix volumes)) so it can make a mirror copy of the Mac > server's hard disk? The main reason that we want to do this is to > set up this "mirror" so that if the AppleShare server goes down, > the "mirror" could substitute itself for the AppleShare server (an > AUFS volume, I assume). Yes, I believe that IPT has a product out called Partner that does pretty much what you want. If I read the literature correctly. Contact them for more info. Hope that helps. Kurt Baumann 703.709.9890 InterCon Systems Corp. Creators of fine TCP/IP products for the Macintosh