car@trux.UUCP (Chris Rende) (10/06/89)
[ As mentioned in a previous posting: ] We will be implementing a fairly large, multi-server/multi-site network. Systems to be networked include PC's (>100) and several unix systems (~6). The PC's need access to file servers, 3270 gateways, and direct access to other unix systems on the network. [ Many replies to the above posting recommended PC-NFS as a possible solution. ] In general, what services does PC-NFS provide for the PC user? (I.e., file sharing, printer services, EMail, modems, rlogin, gateways,...) Can the PC component of PC-NFS run on XT's? How much memory does the PC component of PC-NFS use? How does the performance of PC-NFS compare with other PC servers? How does PC-NFS interact with the host Unix machine? We would like to build a file structure that could span multiple Unix hosts which are NFS'ed together. Can a PC get access to all the NFS'ed filesystems on the various hosts through the single PC-NFS host? Here's a picture: +===========+ | Unix host | | running | <<<-----<-------<------<-------<-------<-----+ | NFS | | +===========+ | | (Ethernet Lan B) ^ +===========+ | | Unix host | | | running | ^ | NFS+PC-NFS| | +===========+ | | (Ethernet Lan A) ^ +===========+ | | PC | <<<--- Can this PC access files from here --+ | running | | PC-NFS | +===========+ Please reply via E-Mail and I will post a summary. car. -- Christopher A. Rende Central Cartage (Nixdorf/Pyramid/SysV/BSD4.3) uunet!edsews!rphroy!trux!car Multics,DTSS,Unix,Shortwave,Scanners,StarTrek trux!car@uunet.uu.net Minix,PC/XT,Mac+,TRS-80 Model I: Buy Sell Trade "I don't ever remember forgetting anything." - Chris Rende