Hi Sebastien,
Can you please explain a bit more on how to implement a ClearCase solution
using Netapp server? I have both the Hummingbird NFS and Netapp server. If
the UNIX/NT interoperability problem with can be solved with the Netapp. I
will stop paying the very expensive NFS licenses.
Thanks in advance and best regards.
Sebastien Hadjifotis wrote:
> Hi Eileen,
>
> A different path you may want to look into, if you are also looking at
> purchasing disk
> subsystems, is to use a NetApp filer. This has a unique file system that
> allows
> a directory to be exported in mixed mode (i.e. NFS and CIFS). Using this
> type of device removes the need for any NFS based product on NT clients
> or Samba based (TAS) server. NT clients just access the device using UNC
> pathnames, and Unix clients access the device using NFS pathnames.
>
> See http://www.netapp.com for further details.
>
> Cheers,
> Sebastien.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eileen Javar <ejj@mdli.com>
> To: 'cciug@Rational.com' <cciug@Rational.Com>
> Cc: Eileen Javar <ejj@mdli.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 11:30 AM
> Subject: [cciug] ClearCase/MultiSite File Access between Unix and Windows
> Platforms
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Rational suggests a couple of solutions for ClearCase/MultiSite file
> access
> > between Unix and Windows platforms. One solution is installing a
> third-party
> > NFS client product (such as Hummingbird NFS Maestro) on all the Windows NT
> > machines and another solution is installing Syntax TotalNet Advanced
> Server
> > (TAS) only on the Unix VOB and view server hosts.
> >
> > I would appreciate feedback as to which product (i.e., Hummingbird NFS
> > Maestro or TAS) is better for file access between these two platforms and
> if
> > you could please state the reasons why.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Eileen
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> > http://clearcase.rational.com/cciug/mailing_list.html
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