[265] in Resnet-Forum
Re: File access across campus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel P. Cooper)
Fri Apr 29 17:08:30 1994
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 15:23:09 -0500
To: mlbarrow@MIT.EDU (Michael L. Barrow), resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
From: joel.p.cooper.1@nd.edu (Joel P. Cooper)
At 10:56 PM 4/28/94 -0400, Michael L. Barrow wrote:
>How many DOS boxes do you have using the NFSxAFS translator? We used it
>here at MIT and wouldn't exactly call it a "service" -- so to speak. It
>will eat files if you try to write, etc. It's my understading that
>Transarc warns about the use of this beast.
Well, at the risk of beating this one to death. . .I was troubled by the
report of the translator "eating files" so I got hold of the good folks at
Transarc. Here's the deal:
If you are using an RS/6000 as your translator there are known problems
with stability of the translator and it isn't recommended for use.
If you are using a SPARC as your translator there are _no_ known problems
with the translator.
We will continue to forge ahead with our testing.
Joel
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