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[[ Apologies if the .large newsgroup isn't quite suitable: I think
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We're contemplating buying an Auspex to serve up to fifty diskless ELCs.
We're currently running a dozen ELCs off a Sparcstation 2, with a 4/470
used to provide additional processing and fileserver.  As we are jumping
suddenly to a larger installation, I am planning to bypass the usual
mess of small to medium servers and go straight to a single, large
server.  Fifty marks the maximum size for the next few years --- there
simply isn't the floor space!

What has been peoples' experience of Auspex and the gear?  We are
impressed by the paper and impressed by the people, but there are as yet
no installed machines in the UK.

What have people found to be the performance of a 4/692 in the NFS role?
Is it much better than a 4/470 (which isn't amazing)?

What about other choices?

In summary: we want to serve fifty diskless workstations plus a few
random boxes.  We fancy an Auspex but there are other possibilities.
What do you think?

ian