Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM (01/14/90)
>In considering several networking option for a department on a tight >budget, the question was raised whether SFT Netware can run in a >non-dedicated mode. Can anyone tell us if this is a possibility, and >if so what issues we might consider. >Thanks in Advance >Mark@dcsprod.byu.edu Buy a $1000 clone for your other station and just say no. Running non-dedicated servers should not be recommended. Too many things can go wrong. Glenn Fund Internet: Fund@Relay.proteon.com Principal Research Specialist CompuServe: 75170,1060 Sanders Associates cc:Mail Fund at Proteonwebo DW Highway South Phone: (603) 885-6242 MS NHQ4-0138 Director of The Greater Boston Area Nashua, NH 03061 Novell Users Group. Co-Founder and President of the Affiliation of NetWare Users "ANU Day Is Dawning"
b-c@RELAY.PROTEON.COM (01/16/90)
>In considering several networking option for a department on a tight >budget, the question was raised whether SFT Netware can run in a >non-dedicated mode. Can anyone tell us if this is a possibility, and >if so what issues we might consider. >Thanks in Advance >Mark@dcsprod.byu.edu >> Buy a $1000 clone for your other station and just say no. Running >> non-dedicated servers should not be recommended. Too many things >> can go wrong. >> Glenn Fund Internet: Fund@Relay.proteon.com >> Co-Founder and President of the Affiliation of NetWare Users >> "ANU Day Is Dawning" Glenn is correct in stating that "non-dedicated servers should not be recommended." However, sometimes a company or school MUST use one. I have installed probably a half dozen or so Non-Dedicated servers and have had NO PROBLEMS AT ALL!!! This is using Arcnet, Ethernet, and Proteon's ProNet-10. One of the ProNet-10s was, until recently, a two node network. It was very hard for that company to justify spending money on an extra PC. Instead, they purchased extra RAM, and have THE SAME FUNTIONALITY. There are a few considerations that must be made. First, the server's user should be the least intensive, and the best educated. Second, although I did set up one with memory resident DOS applications, resident programs should be avoided. Third, extra RAM is the obvious necessity. Add AT LEAST 1 Meg of RAM above what you would recommend for a normal server. Fourth, the server's user should be the least intensive, and the best educated. Read that one before?? Well it's important!! Word processing, spreadsheets, (NO GAMES!!), and administrative tasks are excellent for a non-dedicated server. Accounting, data base work, Cad-Cam, and any memory hogs should be run from a real workstation (although a fast, small network can support this stuff on the server. Honest, I've seen it work reliably for an extended period of time.) In short, don't use a non-dedicated server. But if you MUST, don't be so nervous about it. They work, and ELS is the proof of that (along with my happy users). Incidently, the Pronet-10 users have been using the server as a station for over four years, and I still get Christmas cards from the administrator. Bob Chance Proteon, Inc. Dallas, TX b-c@relay.proteon.com (214) 991-2188 Have you noticed the Chevy vs. Ford argument has transformed into a Mac vs. IBM one?