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From: dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.unixware,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: A good NFS server ?
Date: 25 May 1994 19:15:25 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine
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In <Cq9Cp8.IEp@novell.co.uk>, msohnius@novell.co.uk (Martin Sohnius) writes:
): the point is to get people talking about what is a good nfs
): server. since linux isn't the best, people who need the
): best now should be aware of their options.
)
)The problem I was addressing is that this stuff is being CROSSPOSTED
)to comp.unix.unixware. Now, UnixWare is most definitely NOT a
)free operating system, and therefore has about the best NFS support
)imaginable. :-) (I think it originates from Sun, through the old
)AT&T + Sun agreement.)
)
)Could you please remove the cross-post to comp.unix.unixware on a
)thread, once it has nothing to do with it?
Well, I was the one who started this thread, and I did want the input
of the Unixware people. For me, the free-ness was not an issue. I just wanted
and still want to know what the best NFS server (and client) platform is for
Intel PC's.
Is Unixware significantly better than Linux ? or Solaris ?
Cheers,
Dan Ts'o 713-798-3331
Div. Neuroscience FAX: 713-798-3897
Baylor College of Medicine
1 Baylor Plaza S603 dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu
Houston, TX 77030 tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu