NeXT Network versus NFS?

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From: John W. Wooten
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 13:49

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I'm getting ready to install NeXT's at several schools in our area.  At  
the central location, I will have a larger disk drive and intend to put  
the full development software, all references, manuals, etc.  The other  
NeXTs have IP access via T1 lines to this NeXT.

What are the pros and cons of making the central NeXT the Configuration  
Manager with the others seeing it's disks, versus just exporting the  
large external disk and having the others mount it?

What happens if the Central configuration manager is down?  Can the  
others even run?  I know they can't see the data structure, but I don't  
want to build in a single point of failure.

Will there have to be a lot of reconfiguration if NFS is used?  I'm  
looking for simple things I can do that minimize configuration and  
operation support requirements.

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J. W. Wooten

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