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- From: alek@spatial.com (Alek O. Komarnitsky)
- Subject: Re: Sun Vs. HP system administration
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.052741.24845@spatial.com>
- Sender: usenet@spatial.com
- Organization: Spatial Technology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado)
- References: <9208251944.AA15570@gadget.evb.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 05:27:41 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- In article <9208251944.AA15570@gadget.evb.com> mahesh@evb.com writes:
- >We will be getting a HP 705 (or 710) this week. I have good
- >experience with SunSparcs and Solbournes. I wanted to know
- >how different is HP system administration when compared
- >to Sun. Some of you gurus may find my questions too stupid,
- >but that is ok !!!
- >
- >* Can I set up my HP as a client of Solbourne (yellow pages) ?
- > I think the answer is YES but how hard is it to get this
- > setup working.
- Yes - see /etc/netnfsrc - it's pretty trivial. BTW, all of my YP/NIS Slaves
- are Suns, so I've only test the YP client side of the HP's.
-
- >* Can I access the disk space of my solbourne from a HP ?
- > (automounting). If so, how tough is it ?
- Not hard at all. We use amd with pretty good success. Occasionaly, output from
- bdf looks scrogged, but otherwise OK. BTW, HP700's are *fast*, and seem
- to be able to generate very heavy NFS load. I have not used the supplied
- automounter, but understand some patches are needed for it to work properly.
-
- >* Can I use the executables compiled on non-HP machines
- > on my HP (like tcsh, mush, rn ) ? dumb question uh ?
- You allready answered this one! ;-)
-
- >* Should I get some books for HP administration ? Are there
- > any books available ? I have books for Sun administration.
- RTFM and elbow grease seems to be the best approach to me! ;-)
-
- >* which are the good newsgroups on Usenet for HP ?
- You're reading it. Signal-Noise ration has not gone down the tubes (yet),
- and there are a number of excellent HP'ers who contribute. BTW, I'm a
- bit downstream here, but did you post your question twice?
-
- >* Any other info about HP systems is welcome.
- Nice systems - few minor problems here or there, but nothing beyond
- what one sees elsewhere (although the main thing I look forward to with
- 9.0 is (finally) an up to spec version of NFS! ;-)
- Oh yeah, did I say that they are fast!
-
- >Please respond by email.
- I hope that doesn't mean that "I don't read this group so" ...
-
- Alek Komarnitsky 303-449-0649
- Software Tools Manager, Spatial Technology, Inc. 2425 55th Street, Bldg A
- alek@spatial.com Boulder, CO 80301-5704
-
- P.S. Maybe we oughta have an FAQ in c.s.h?!? Any Volunteers?
-