Configuring a DECstation 5000/240 for use as a "server"

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From: the Maniak
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:11

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I have a DECstation 5000/240 targetted as an applications and file server
for roughly 30-40 DECstation 5000/25 Maxines.  No one client is going to
be any major load.  No user files or critical OS files are going to be
on the server, just some applications that are best served (FrameMaker),
and a few work-related files.  I intend to run the server as a mail and
Hesiod "hub", and it may be called upon to serve a half-dozen MS-DOS
clients via NFS as well as what's listed above.  The server has 32 MB
of RAM, plenty of disk, and will be headless, to the best of my knowledge.

My question is:  What sort of configuration changes will I need to
be doing to optimize the performance and effectiveness of the 240
as a server?  What sort of software should I be running?  Help!


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