Subj : Re: Novell 4.11 to 5.1 migration
To   : Jim Wargula
From : Darren Gibbs
Date : Wed Oct 25 2000 10:33 pm

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

You might indeedie assume this. In fact, if you've only got one server, and few 
enough clients that you can upgrade them all in your cutover period, you can 
remove the IPX bindings immediately

 ->> 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.

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

Since the system volume {SYS:} cannot be NNS anyway, the existing Netware 
options of mirroring and duplexing work perfectly. So you've got no worries on 
this score. You can put an NSS volume on your RAID 5 array for data, and find 
your server booting light lightning. I did a test server once - 70 gig of data 
volume - under "traditional" filesystems type it took almost 45 minutes to 
mount the volume when it was near full. Under NSS, it took about 45 seconds.

DaZZa


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