Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM (01/13/90)
>Hi. We're looking adding about 640MB of diskspace and upgrading to ver. >2.15 SFT on our existing LAN which looks like this at the moment. >IBM Token Ring topology >Novell 286B fileserver running SFT Netware 286 II ver. 2.0a >183 MB of disk storage >2 MB of RAM memory >I've got a couple of questions... >1. How much more memory are we going to need (if any) to accomadate the > increase in directory caching? We have a number of 640MB servers and use between 6-8MB. You will need this to get the cacheing performance. >2. Would it be better to get one 650MB drive or break it up into two 320MB > drives? Since NW 2.1X limits you to 255MB volumes, you will use 4 drive letters if you have a single drive and ust three if you have a single drive. A single 650MB drive will be significantly less expensive then two 320MB drives. You know what they say about putting all of your eggs in a single basket... If you used two SCSI controllers and drives, and do mirroring/duplexing, you will have half of the effective drive capacity but will have enhanced drive security and significantly faster reads (different requests can be serviced by either drive). Weigh the options. Then decide. Both options will work for you. >3. Would there be any advantages to switching the operating system > and all the files to the larger disk and using the existing > 183MB the second drive on the new controller? Sure, you can use the existing drive. You did not say what kind of drive that you have. Most controllers will support two drives. SCSI controllers, up to 8. Why not just add the new drive as your second drive. It will be cleaner that way. >Thanks in advance!...... 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"