#Suicide as an option <g>
21-Oct-93 23:16:37
Sb: #62720-#Suicide as an option <g>
Fm: SCOTT HIGGINS 73042,3577
To: John Ellis 72440,3046
The 386-40 should work ok with only 3 workstations on the
network. I your server is going to be a dedicated server then the
most important aspect to its performance is the disk systems
throughput. I would not set server up as a print server also. Any
excess interrupts (printer ports) will slow the system down. I ran
Novell 3.11 on a Compaq 386-25 serving 5 486-66 Autocad stations, for
about 2 months. It worked ok. I have since upgraded the server to a
486-66 with 2 EISA bus network cards. This server is now serving 7
486-66 running Acad r12 for win. There was a definately a
performance improvement, but much is due to the localbus HD
controller and disk Array. I would definately set up the 386-40 and
use for now.