#Suicide as an option <g>
23-Oct-93 23:11:44
Sb: #63018-#Suicide as an option <g>
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To: MARTIN G FOSTER 70303,456
Martin:
>> Anybody, how can I get a stateless network???
Well, the lower priced Suns are below $4,500 now, which includes 16"
flatscreen color monitor, NFS networking software, internal hard disk,
modem software, windowing operating system, ethernet card, 16 megs of
memory, etc., etc., etc.
The only other things you would want would be a big SCSI hard disk and
SCSI tape backup (Exabyte preferred), and maybe a CD-ROM player. At
least with everything being SCSI, you can usually get identical
hardware to what you would get on your PC, most can just be moved
right over.
If you just use it as a file server, you could easily add 25 to 35
PC's to it, probably much more, but I haven't verified that myself
yet!
Once it is up and running, keeping it going is rather painless.
Anyone who understands getting 3DS hardware installed could easily
learn enough keep it going – it is as easy as Novell, and, from what
I see here, definately easier than Lantastic! If you have to learn a
network, why not make it a good one?