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- Subject: Re: Which LAN Server for OS/2 2.0?????????
- Message-ID: <92354.074232TRAN@MTUS5.BITNET>
- From: Phat M Tran <TRAN@MTUS5.BITNET>
- Date: Saturday, 19 Dec 1992 07:42:32 EST
- References: <92353.091323TRAN@MTUS5.BITNET> <921218230008@rgam.sc.ti.com>
- Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
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- >> >> Hi,
- >> >>
- >> >> I am interest in setting up a local area network, initially with
- >> >> 5 computers, may be expanding to 8 or 10. I am thinking of IBM
- >> >> Tokenring 16/4 network card. My question is which NOS???
- >> >>
- >> >> 1. Novell Netware 3.11
- >> >> * Problem: - required a dedicated computer as a server
- >> >> 2. IBM LAN Server
- >> >> 3. MS LAN Manager
- >> >>
- >> >> Can anyone comment on 2 and 3???
- >> >>
- >> >> Thanks,
- >> >> Phat
- >> >>
- >>
- >>My impression is that 1. is MUCH more expensive than 2 or 3. Neither 2 or 3
- >>REQUIRE a dedicated server, but I recommend it be configured that way for
- >>stability of the system (users, even administrators can do things,
- >>unintentionally that bring the server down). Both 2 and 3 offer a distinct
- >>advantage over 1 in that as OS/2 based systems, YOU can develop applications
- >>to run ON the server (not really possible for 1). Things like database
- >>reindexing, custom reports, virus scanning, file copying, etc. The design of
- >>2 and 3 allows these programs to run on the server at will, rather than
- >>binding
- >>them in at boot time like 1.
- >>
- >>Lan Server has trailed Lan Manager in features for much of its life, however,
- >>with version 3, it appears to have caught up. They are similar, but not the
- >>same. Their API structures have small diffrences, so small in impact that
- >>all of the Lan Manager programs that I have written to date, work in a Lan
- >>Server environment without re-compiling or re-linking. IBM claims that Lan
- >>Server now has a performance lead. They have benchmarks to back this up, so
- >>ask your IBM rep for a copy of this report. (Since Lan Server 3.0 runs on
- >>OS/2 2.0, part of the performance gain is the 32-bit code base, vs Lan
- >>Manager's OS/2 1.3 16-bit code base.)
- >>
- >>I use Lan Manager, and have evaluated Lan Server. For the moment, I am making
- >>no changes (LM 2.0c) due to cost controls that prohibit upgrading H/W and S/W.
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- Does IBM LAN Server provide gateway services?? If it does, what software/
- hardware do I need?? I like to connect it to the internet...
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