tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik) (05/16/91)
There's a group here on campus that is in the process of putting together
an AppleTalk network. They have hired a consultant who has a background
with Novell's Network (and is a Novell VAR).
He is suggesting to use Netware and Mac VAP/NLM instead of Apple's
AppleShare file server software. From what I understand, Mac VAP is
used with Netware 286 while Mac NLM is used with Netware 386.
The consultant has indicated to me that Netware is a better performer
and has increased security features than Apple's AppleShare file server.
QUESTION: Is the consultant correct? is a Network server running
Mac VAP/NLM (on an 80x86 system) better than AppleShare
file server (on a Mac)?
Any help would be *GREATLY* appreciated.
Thanks.
--tonybdahlen@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Robert L. Dahlen - U. of Denver USA=) (05/17/91)
In article <43235@netnews.upenn.edu> tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik) writes: >There's a group here on campus that is in the process of putting together >an AppleTalk network. They have hired a consultant who has a background >with Novell's Network (and is a Novell VAR). >He is suggesting to use Netware and Mac VAP/NLM instead of Apple's >AppleShare file server software. From what I understand, Mac VAP is >used with Netware 286 while Mac NLM is used with Netware 386. >QUESTION: Is the consultant correct? is a Network server running > Mac VAP/NLM (on an 80x86 system) better than AppleShare > file server (on a Mac)? There is a very good article in _MACUSER_ June 1991 discussing this exact topic. FYI, "If you need excellent security features while you share files with DOS or OS/2 clients and you want solid Mac performance--especially for database purposes--consider Novell's Netware for Macintosh...you should seriously consider Netware if you're looking for performance at any cost." -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Dahlen - Director, Information Systems & Technology University of Denver - Denver, Colorado 80208 (303) 871-4385 INTERNET:bdahlen@du.edu BITNET:bdahlen@ducair
mckimg@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (05/17/91)
>>QUESTION: Is the consultant correct? is a Network server running >> Mac VAP/NLM (on an 80x86 system) better than AppleShare >> file server (on a Mac)? >There is a very good article in _MACUSER_ June 1991 discussing >this exact topic. >FYI, "If you need excellent security features while you share files with >DOS or OS/2 clients and you want solid Mac performance--especially for >database purposes--consider Novell's Netware for Macintosh...you should >seriously consider Netware if you're looking for performance at any cost." >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Robert L. Dahlen - Director, Information Systems & Technology >University of Denver - Denver, Colorado 80208 (303) 871-4385 >INTERNET:bdahlen@du.edu BITNET:bdahlen@ducair Actually, this article in MacUser only covers Netware for Macintosh for Netware 286 products. The NLM for Netware 3.11 is not mentioned, so expect the performance advantage of Netware over Appleshare to widen even further. BTW -- Has anyone seen a full evaluation (not preview) of Netware for Macintosh NLM? We've had it for several weeks and has performed beautifully, but I was wondering what others think... ========================================================================= Geoffrey W. McKim Internet: mckimg@ucs.indiana.edu UCS Networks/LAN Group BITNET: mckimg@iuamber Indiana University Bloomington 855-4643 =========================================================================