Re: [twuug] File Transfer Speeds over Home LAN (Also, ? about fil

[Mark Davis <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Luchtenberg wrote:
> 
> Have you considered replacing the W2K fileserver with a multiprotocol file
> server?  There are a ton of them out there now.  NetApp leads the pack --
> they're expensive, but they scream!  Also, multiprotocol NAS products from
> Compaq, Dell, Sun, ProComm, Cobalt (although they were just bought by Sun,
> so who knows what's going to happen with that product line) and now VA Linux
> (plus many others...).
> I don't understand why anybody buys a general-purpose server with a
> general-purpose OS just to serve files anymore...  Joe

Or especially not a W2K fileserver, since the OS costs so much money-
something that could be done under Linux or BSD quickly and with no OS cost.

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