File & Comm Server?

[Norbert Bladt]

jmm at skivs.UUCP (Joel M. Miller) writes:

>I have to set up a unix network in a scientific and administrative
>environment consisting of about 50 stations, some organized into
>workgroups.  We have a lot of PC's and Mac's to connect (Ethernet,

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>What should I look at as file and communication server
>(RS6000/AIX, SparkStation, MacIIfx/AUX, DEC)?
We have HP 9000/835 for a purpose like that (comm server). It's fast and
works well.
(We use a Sparc 4 /490 as a file server and as a backup system for the HP
bit never needed that).

Look at HP. Here it is cheaper than DEC (and better).

Norbert Bladt.
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