#networking cdrom
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Does any one Know if the NEC CDR 72 will run on a Lantastic multi user
network?
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I haven't had any problems with and CDROM running on a network. Once it's
installed and mapped to a drive, other stations that can see that drive
have access. As for whether the app is multiuser or not is another
question. I've installed several CDROMs with the tax info packages from
Matthew Bender and Research Institute of America for clients on Novell
networks and used Map Assist to give access from any workstation. With MB
the software installs on your harddisk and accesses information on the
CDROM so it is possible to tweak it for multiple access. With RIA the
access software resides on the CDROM and you specifically have to purchase
a multiuser version.
dave
If you have difficulties with CD-ROM application compatibility,
performance, multi-user access, etc. you may want to consider OPTI-NET from
Online Products Corporation. Leave me a message, or call (800) 922-9204 if
you have any questions.
Chris Magyar
Chris:
My company has developed an application which we've distributed on CD to
non-networked sites. We are considering modifying it for use on LANs, but
we're concerned about response time since we have some rather large
databases. Any idea as to how much degradation in speed would be
experienced on a typical (???) network?? Any suggestions (we're all sort of
network neophytes)?
Mike Martz
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Mike, I hope you don't mine my butting in with a comment… I have
installed at home a Peer to Peer Network – Lantastic, which includes a
CDROM on the server. When I first ran multimedia software on the system
(especially
WAV digital audio, I would get gaps in the speech, since the data rate was
not keeping up. I changed a parameter in the REDIR to SIZE=32384, which
sends bigger packets across the network, and now the sound is smooth. So,
you see that even a non-Novel network can achieve adequate results on a
network. Remember that I have only four users (all 386 systems) and use
Ethernet cards. I think that many people will be putting cdroms into
similar networks in the future. I am a software writer and consultant and
support both Peer to Peer & dedicated networks, but my network at home is
the only one I have that includes a CDROM…
I have an academic interest in networking at home. Mind telling me what you
use a network of four 386's for?
I inadvertently sent you a more detailed message in E-Mail, if you will
return it, I will post it publicly.
Briefly, networked CD-ROM performance under OPTI-NET will degrade
gracefully under increasing load. Due to architectural differences, the
performance of peer-to-peer solutions will degrade much more rapidly. I
would need more specific information on your application, total number of
users, estimated simultaneous number of users, CD-ROM hardware, server CPU,
RAM, and Network I/F card, etc. to make an accurate estimation.
Chris Magyar
Online Computer Systems
(800) 922-9204