brinich@keinstr.UUCP (Mark Brinich) (03/02/91)
I realize that this isn't the most objective group of people to be asking this question, but I'll ask it anyway. We're in the process of upgrading our PC LAN here, and the question is should we go to 3+ OPEN(we're using 3+ Share now) or bite the bullet and go to Netware 386. I personally don't care which way we go, but I would like to make an intelligent choice. So it really boils down to this: does LAN Manager(which is really the same as 3+ OPEN) have any obvious plusses over Novell 386(or vice versa for that matter)? A couple other questions: 1) is 386 Netware really as easy to gen as they say it is(doing a 2.15 SFT was a real pain as I recall). 2) any experience with the ProComp disk controller, or recommendations for other disk controllers? For that matter any recommendations on PC servers? -- Mark Brinich voice mail(or maybe the real live thing)216 498-2821 e-mail uunet!keinstr!brinich Keithley Instruments 28775 Aurora Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44139-1891
kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) (03/05/91)
brinich@keinstr.UUCP (Mark Brinich) writes: >1) is 386 Netware really as easy to gen as they say it is(doing a 2.15 SFT was >a real pain as I recall). I don't know about you, but I managed to gen the nw386 server under 2 hours (my seagate wren v was netware ready so I didn't have to compsurf it). >2) any experience with the ProComp disk controller, or recommendations for >other disk controllers? For that matter any recommendations on PC servers? procomp DCB is nice, there are a few around here. What makes this DCB really nice is that it will mark your drives as netware ready without compsurf-ing them, which is sorta bad, but if you're in a rush and really don't care that your drives will fail sometime soon, its a nice feature. Bob -- Bob Kusumoto | I just come from the land of Internet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu | the sun/ from a war that must Bitnet: kusumoto%chsun1@uchicago[.bitnet] | be won in the name of truth. UUCP: ...!{oddjob,gargoyle}!chsun1!kusumoto | - New Order, "Love Vigilantes"
gallo@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Gallo) (03/06/91)
<asks about Netware 386 vs. 3+Open> The gen for NW 386 took about 15 minutes on our net. You don't mention size or use of your net but in many situations it appears to be pretty even between the two network operating systems. Netware gets good support from applications programmers but if you know that all your apps will run under LAN Manager, who cares. Adequate tape backup has been an issue for each system but more Netware Loadable Modules are coming out for NW 386. Can't speak for LM in this regard but I'm sure other people will comment.