Networking CD ROM via Novell

[Ed "Bucky" Gruberman]

Hello,

The SCSI Express will create a server that will have devices available to 
the entire net. What we do is create a password free cd-rom account and 
attach to the server anytime we need the device. This is much easier than 
it sounds and works great in the long run.

We use batch files to access the servers we need. We also have five 
cd-rom servers with 98 cd-rom devices. A well writen batch file and a 
cool head can make a net like this work like a breeze. Not one of our 
users realizes that they will at any given moment be attached to five 
servers.

It's cool!

Christopher A. Landt
NMSU Library Systems
clandt at lib.nmsu.edu

On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Ann M. Tenglund wrote:

> We are seriously considering SCSI Express for our Netware 3.11 network.
> However, we have five servers (the CD server will be our sixth), and there
> is a concern that SCSI Express might be "server specific"--where a user
> would have to be logged in to the CD server in order to access the
> programs.  Does your university have multiple servers, and can users
> seamlessly obtain access to the CD products without having to go through
> another login?   (Four of our servers are on 3.11, one is on 4.1)
> 
> On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Theodore Morris wrote:
> 
> > Institutionally our university has resisted the move to Netware 4.1, so 
> > we're still on v3.11.  Based largely on recommendations from fellow 
> > 'netters, we bought SCSI Express and have been, by and large, extremely 
> > pleased with it.  It has almost (but not completely) eclipsed our 
> > SilverPlatter OEM-ed CBIS server.  (We still have some CDs and some users 
> > which use the CBIS server specifically--our choice.)
> > 
> > I can refer you to my supervisor and colleague who have done the SCSI Express
> > work if you have a real interest (I worked only on the CBIS side).
> > 
> > Ted
> > .. 
> > Theodore Allan (Ted) Morris, WB8VNV
> > Univ. of Cincinnati Medical Center Libraries: Theodore.Morris at uc.edu
> > Drexel Univ. Coll. of Info. Sci. and Technol.: sg94548n at dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu
> > Failure is not the falling down, it's the not getting up again.
> > 
>