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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:32:52 EDT
From:         BIG-REQ@SUVM.BITNET
Subject:      BIG-LAN Digest, Volume 4, Number 64, Friday, October 2, 1992

BIG-LAN DIGEST            Friday, 2 October 1992       Volume 4 : Issue 64

Today's Topics:

              Free Computer Technology Review Subscriptions
                        Help for K-12 connections
                         Large LAN Manager sites
             Network availability targets/guarantees/policies

Moderated by John Wobus, Syracuse University

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Date: 29 Sep 92 12:11:41 EST
From: MICHAEL.WILLETT@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Michael Willett")
Subject:      Free Computer Technology Review Subscriptions

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 14:25:43 -0400
From: Roy.Hall@EDEN.FSC.MASS.EDU
Subject:      Help for K-12 connections

I am considering helping a local K-12 entity gain access to the Internet thru
our college. There is never enough time to do homework. Does anyone have a
end to end caned topology that I could include in a budget or grant request.

Thanks
  ****************************************************************************
  *  Roy Hall 3rd                      Internet: ROY.HALL@EDEN.FSC.MASS.EDU  *
  *  Director M.I.S.                   Work Phone: 508-345-2151 ext. 3158    *
  *  Fitchburg State College           Fax Phone:  508-343-8603              *
  *  160 Pearl Street                  Home Phone: 508-582-4817              *
  *  Fitchburg  MA  01420-2697                                               *
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Date: Wed, 30  Sep 92 12:40:02 LCL
From: RGENTILE@WCU.BITNET
Subject:      Large LAN Manager sites

Looking for Large LAN Manger sites:  West Chester University is evaluating
MicroSoft LAN Manager for use in a campus-wide network of about 1,500 nodes.
Most nodes will be PCs with about 150 MACS.  NETBEUI, TCP/IP, and Appletalk
will be used on an ethernet 10 Base-T and fiber (between buildings) LAN.
Banyan/VINES has been the preferred NOS on campus, and is running on over
200 nodes.  VINES has served us well but there is concern about the long-term
viability of Banyan, thus the interest in LAN Manager.  There is no interest
in NOVELL.

     LAN Manger v2.1 seems to provide most required functionality, and the
about-to-be-released version (2.2) is promised to provide additional functions
such as remote local printers on the LAN.  What we have not been able to
obtain is reference sites that are using LAN Manger in a large multi-server
network.

     Information about LAN Manager on campus LANs; camparisons between VINES
and LAN Man; personal experiences, and opinions about the future of these
products will be appreciated.  Thanks.   Bob Gentile
                                         West Chester University
                                         West Chester, Pa. 19383
(215) 436-1037    RGENTILE@WCU.BITNET

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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 11:44 CST
From: Larry Owen <OWEN@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU>
Subject:      Network availability targets/guarantees/policies

Our campus network, now some 1500 nodes strong, is probably much like
many others who have started up within the last 3-5 years.  It has grown
from being almost a personal project to something that many people in
the university community now consider absolutely vital.  In light of this,
we think it's probably well past time that we develop some reasonable
performance and availability targets that are in some way related to
the degree of dependence of the univesity on this service.

Such numbers are a two-edged sword.  If you can get general agreement on
them, then you have a better chance of getting the necessary funding to
provide the necessary level of service (spares, level of maintenance
contracts, UPSes, personnel, overtime, diagnostic tools, etc.).  However,
you don't probably don't want your compensation tied to meeting a 99.99%
uptime requirement, either.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has gone through
such an exercise.  How did you arrive at your targets (survey the
community, pull it out of the air, or what?)?  What are your targets
(95% availbility, 98%, 99%, 99.99%, etc.)?  Anything else you think is
relevant?

Respond by whatever means you feel appropriate.  If I get a significant
direct email response, I will summarize for the group.

Larry Owen                         email: owen@noc.auburn.edu    or
Campus Network Administrator              owen@ducvax.auburn.edu
Auburn University                  phone: (205) 844-4110

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