FASTEDDY@DFTBIT.BITNET (John McMahon - NASA GSFC ADFTO - 301-286-2045) (01/26/90)
We have a twelve-node VAXcluster running Multinet TCP/IP that I (and a bunch of
my users) would like to install Anu-News on. We have a Sun workstation on base
that is already acting as a News server. Management won't approve the project
unless we give them some idea of the "costs" of installing the product.
Obviously, the software itself won't cost anything, but I would like to hear
some comments on the following:
a) How much disk space does the software and the news files take up (on
average) ? Can we access the news on a remote server instead of
using up local disk space ?
b) Once the software is installed and running, how much maintenance is
needed to keep it running ? Will a systems person have to diddle
with it every few days ?
c) What pitfalls are there ?
Thanks in advance,
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