ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu (02/12/91)
The company I work for was thinking of getting a new fileserver -
we currently have a 33MHz 386. We were thinking of a 33MHz 486 EISA
bus machine. However, someone told us that the i486 has a bug in it
that shows up only when running Netware.
First of all, is this true? If so, are there plans to fix it?
Any suggestions you may have on a new fileserver would be helpful -
we were thinking of getting 2 1Gig drives (fault tolerance).
Andy
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Andrew Gross BITNET: ALG106@PSUVM
Penn State University INTERNET: alg106@psuvm.psu.edukenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes) (02/15/91)
In article <91042.192216ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu> ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >The company I work for was thinking of getting a new fileserver - >we currently have a 33MHz 386. We were thinking of a 33MHz 486 EISA >bus machine. However, someone told us that the i486 has a bug in it >that shows up only when running Netware. > >First of all, is this true? If so, are there plans to fix it? > >Any suggestions you may have on a new fileserver would be helpful - >we were thinking of getting 2 1Gig drives (fault tolerance). > There are several i486 systems that are approved for use as a NW fileserver. Two are 33 Mhz, last I checked. Most are 25Mhz. There are reported problems using Bustech SCSI controllers on 486 systems running NW 3.1 with two differing types of ethernet NICs. So far, we haven't been able to isolate the problem to any one device in the machine, but we suspect the Bustech controller, since we have had other reports as well. Be sure to check the IMSP bulletins for approved hardware configurations first. Ken -- ****************************************************************************** Ken Haynes, Certified Netware Engineer Technical Support Product Mgr. 900 Support
root@xstor.com (Superuser) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Feb15.142012.1978@techbook.com> kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes) writes: >There are several i486 systems that are approved for use as a NW fileserver. >Two are 33 Mhz, last I checked. Most are 25Mhz. There are reported >problems using Bustech SCSI controllers on 486 systems running NW 3.1 with >two differing types of ethernet NICs. So far, we haven't been able to >isolate the problem to any one device in the machine, but we suspect the >Bustech controller, since we have had other reports as well. I'm about to invest in a Compaq Systempro, and I intended to use the Bustech Controller with some Seagate Elite drives. Anything else I should know before I try to go live? David Potter, Network Administrator Storage Dimensions dpotter@xstor.com ..!xstor!stdim!dpotter 408/879-3368 FAX: 408/879-3382