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Started by Ian G Batten
Tue, 31 Mar 1992 16:09
Buying an Auspex or a 4/692 for NFS --- Views?
Author: Ian G Batten
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 16:09
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 16:09
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[[ Apologies if the .large newsgroup isn't quite suitable: I think Auspex owners are more likely to read it ]] 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
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