Subj : Re: Novell 4.11 to 5.1 migration
To   : Jim Wargula
From : Darren Gibbs
Date : Sun Oct 22 2000 10:40 pm

 JW> Looking forward to going from 4.11 to 5.1 in the next calendar year.
 JW> Currently running IPX with IP only used for backup system.  Will want
 JW> to run new server, when in production, with IP only.  Can I implement
 JW> the new server with both IPX and IP to facilitate an easier migration,
 JW> and then shut off the IPX afterwards?

Yes - you can run in compatibility mode, or even run your NW 5 server as a 
gateway for IPX services, meaning your IP clients will be able to see the IPX 
server and vica versa.

 JW> Another question.  Can the new server have mirrored and duplexed
 JW> system drive and hardware raid (5? stripe with parity) data drive(s)?

The same mirroring/duplexing options as existed in NW 4.x exist in NW 5.x - 
however, there's a new volume type which doesn't {yet} support mirroring or 
duplexing - it's called NSS. It also doesn't support a few other things - but 
if you're happy with your existing "traditional" Netware volume types, then 
there's no need to change, and you can mirror/duplex/raid volumes to your 
hearts content.

RAID 5 is also supported by NSS as long as it's hardware based.

DaZZa

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