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- From: wagner@chepil.weru.ksu.edu (Larry Wagner)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: how can a pc cache a networked drive?
- Date: 21 Aug 1992 14:23:47 GMT
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- Keywords: cache disk nfs
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- pasquale@sgl.ists.ca (Pasquale Leone) writes:
-
- >All of the pc's here are using a SUN 3 as a file server.
- >The nfs and tcpip software we are using is Beame&Whiteside ver 2.3.
-
- >Is it possible to cache the remote drive letters?
- >I've tried several disk caches (pc-cache, hyperdisk, smartdrive4.0)
- >and they all seem to intercept disk calls at a level below where
- >B&W intercepts them. Thus the caches can't intercept calls
- >to the remote drive letters.
-
- A good read/write cache would do wonders for our setup also
- (we have lots of RAM on most of our PC's).
-
- We use PC-NFS, but I have experienced the same problem you have. We would
- like to be able to cache the network drives but have also not been
- able to find a disk cache that can handle it (add Norton's cache to
- your list above).
-
- >Do other pc networks (novell, lantastic etc) have this same problem?
-
- Lantastic has a read/write cache that works with their network just
- fine.
-
- >Is there a disk cache that can solve this problem?
- Ditto.
- --
- Larry E. Wagner | wagner@chepil.weru.ksu.edu
- USDA-ARS Wind Erosion Research Unit | wagner@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
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