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TITLE: SERVER Only Instead of SERVER and CLIENT
DOCUMENT ID#: FYI.P.6004
DATE: October 29, 1991
PRODUCT: NetWare Lite
PRODUCT VERSION: All versions
SUPERSEDES: NA
SYMPTOM: NA
ISSUE/PROBLEM
SERVER Only Instead of SERVER and CLIENT
NetWare Lite is designed to allow multiple computers (nodes) in a physical LAN segment (network) to share resources like printers and disk space. Computers which make resources available to the network are called servers. Computers which access resources are called clients. If a particular server does not require access to other servers' resources, then you should consider making it a server only. A server which does not run simultaneously as a client is called a "dedicated" server. Network performance can be improved by running servers as dedicated. Also, the less the server is used as a workstation the better it will perform as a server. Note that a workstation must be running as a client to use the NET utility, which is the interface for managing the network. This means that a computer which is configured as a server only must be managed from another network workstation which is a client. See fax document "Before Beginning Installation" for more information on deciding how to set up your network.
