[919] in linux-net channel archive
Re: DOS clients over NFS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Janssen reading Linux mailingl)
Thu Aug 17 10:36:14 1995
From: linux@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen reading Linux mailinglist)
To: louis@khotso.sacc.wn.apc.org (Louis Mandelstam)
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 23:42:46 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <47A37659D@fs_1.sacc.wn.apc.org> from "Louis Mandelstam" at Aug 15, 95 04:33:10 pm
Reply-To: linux-vger@wab-tis.rabobank.nl
According to Louis Mandelstam:
> My thinking is that Linux is just sooo much more flexible than
> Netware - if I can get it to provide all the services that Netware
> does at the moment, I'll be *really* pleased to throw Netware out the
> window.
This is of course true for the functionality on the server (i.e. what
can you do on the server without affecting reliability of the file
service and/or requiring inordinate amounts of memory on the server).
You can run lots of services on the Linux system without problem,
things that would be problematic with Netware.
(e.g. mail/news, Internet connectivity)
However, it certainly *isn't* true for the file service in itself.
(especially as far as security is concerned)
So, what is more flexible depends on your requirements.
Performance is also a lot worse than with Netware. You should
go for Samba instead of NFS when you want any decent performance.
Rob
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