tldavis@athena.mit.edu (Timothy L. Davis) (08/02/90)
What is the best inexpensive solution for sharing data files on an AppleShare network? I have tried SingleShare (shareware on sumex-aim.stanford.edu), but it seems to be fairly buggy still. I'm looking for a commercial-quality file server. I've also seen Oscar and Public Folder, but the virtual hard disk approach is more attractive for us. I've been told that the "IPT Personal Server Network" is what I want, at around $150. Is this a good quality, bug-free product? At a good price? I realize that publish/subscribe will be present in System 7.0, but we cannot wait that long. I would think that such products would lower their prices (as did Virtual) considering their short time frame for useability. Any comments? Thanks, Tim Davis tldavis@mit.edu
geo@runxtsa.runx.oz.au (George Bray) (08/04/90)
In article <1990Aug2.085336.24602@athena.mit.edu> tldavis@athena.mit.edu (Timothy L. Davis) writes: >I've been told that the "IPT Personal Server Network" is what I want, at >around $150. Is this a good quality, bug-free product? At a good price? I purchased Version 1.3 maybe three months ago and it was terrible. Brane dead installation procedure and incompatiblities with everything. I had to do a complete reinstallation of system software to exorcise it. It's a hack - wait for 7.0 -- George Bray > Telephone: +61-2-411-3222 Avante Systems > Earthnet: peg:geo Facsimile: +61-2-415-2212 27 Albert Avenue > AppleLink: AUST0150 QuickMail: +61-2-415-2210 Chatswood 2067 AUSTRALIA > CompuServe: 72711,253 Internet : geo@ditsyda.OZ.AU
shull@scrolls.wharton.upenn.edu (Christopher E. Shull) (08/09/90)
In article <1990Aug2.085336.24602@athena.mit.edu> tldavis@athena.mit.edu (Timothy L. Davis) writes: >I've been told that the "IPT Personal Server Network" is what I want, at >around $150. Is this a good quality, bug-free product? At a good price? Well, I can only tell you about our experience over the past two years with their Apollo-Mac product called uShare. We bought the product having seen a demonstration, only to find that the demonstration was "cooked" and several parts of the product, which the demo whizzed by, didn't really work. Furthermore, the new version of the Apollo operating system broke their software left, right and center, and after much angst, IPT finally admitted that no one was even working on a fix, but that someone might get to it eventually. At this point, we cut our losses. If they ever fix it, they can call me -- afterall, I paid for a maintenance contract. -Chris Christopher E. Shull shull@wharton.upenn.edu The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 3620 Locust Walk voice: 215/898-5930 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366 fax: 215/898-3664 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" Admiral Farragut, USN, 1801-1870 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
klf1305@che_sun1.tamu.edu (Kelly L. Fergason) (08/09/90)
In article <27874@netnews.upenn.edu> shull@kings.wharton.upenn.edu (Christopher E. Shull) writes: >In article <1990Aug2.085336.24602@athena.mit.edu> tldavis@athena.mit.edu >(Timothy L. Davis) writes: >>I've been told that the "IPT Personal Server Network" is what I want, at >>around $150. Is this a good quality, bug-free product? At a good price? > >Well, I can only tell you about our experience over the past two years >with their Apollo-Mac product called uShare. We bought the product having I would like to mention our experience with uShare on Sun systems. First of all, it works well. We don't use some of the more advanced features. But, every once in a while, one of the mac processes on the Sun server goes wild. It starts taking up about 90% of the CPU time. And IPT says they will not be doing upgrades for our system, OS 3.5. Oh well. Maybe I missed it, but would somebody tell me what the IPT Personal Server Network is? Just a brief description of what it is and what it does will be fine. Thanks Kelly Fergason