Subj : Re: Novell 4.11 to 5.1 migration
To   : Darren Gibbs
From : Jim Wargula
Date : Mon Oct 23 2000 07:08 am

->  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.

Might I assume that it will be very easy to eliminate the IPX protocol
bindings after they are no longer needed?

->  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.

I'm looking to mirror/duplex the system volume, so that a failure will
not stop the server from booting, but to use hardware Raid 5 to get disk
use efficiency with safety for the data area.

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