http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5777260/rsscomment/5777260en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:11:40 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:11:40 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/double-take-1-3-beta#commentsAnchorTue, 25 Jul 2006 08:34:54 GMT
Has anyone done any testing with Double-Take 1.44? I would be interested in knowing if they actually got the name failover to work with AD and DNS, or if the only way to do it was using WINS.]]>binarypc Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:34:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/double-take-1-3-beta#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/the-lab-test-s-environment3059#commentsAnchorFri, 12 Nov 2004 06:56:15 GMT
test]]>Anonymous User Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:56:15 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/the-lab-test-s-environment3059#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/configsafe#commentsAnchorThu, 19 Sep 2002 03:03:37 GMT
I´d like to know if there are any snapshots saved after uninstalling ConfigSafe, So that I could restore them after reinstalling ConfigSafe. I couldn´t do this because of all programs Csafe failed to respond. Luckily I was able to get something back in Dos; C:\SCANREG /RESTORE. But this option only can save up to 5 different configs, and replaces a used one with the current failing config. So do this a few times wrong and you,re stuck, left with only failing system snapshots. I really could use an older snapshot, like of a couple of months ago, because I lost some goodies. So does Csafe leave some snapshots somewhere in windows, even after uninstall? For the first time, I hope it does.]]>WouterThu, 19 Sep 2002 03:03:37 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/product-review/configsafe#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/clustering/octopus-saso-2-0#commentsAnchorWed, 17 Nov 1999 10:35:04 GMT
Does this product failover printers?]]>Mike Ruff Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:35:04 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/clustering/octopus-saso-2-0#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/experimenting-with-microsoft-backoffice-small-business-server#commentsAnchorSat, 25 Sep 1999 16:38:57 GMT
How can I configure Exchange to hold mail for delivery based on domain, so when client dials-in, can send and receive mail. ISP: Exchange 5.0 Client(Me) SBS Exchange 5.5]]>Joao Barros Sat, 25 Sep 1999 16:38:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/experimenting-with-microsoft-backoffice-small-business-server#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/nt-vs-netware-file-service-grand-prix#commentsAnchorTue, 10 Aug 1999 11:03:39 GMT
We’ve received several letters about our Windows NT Versus NetWare tests. Your letters challenged many aspects of our tests, including our client configurations, our server configuration, our network configurations, the software versions we used, the benchmark software we used, the presence or absence of service packs, and our general level of sanity. We appreciate all of your remarks and input on this topic. Many of you claimed that we would have seen different results had we approached this differently. I cannot argue what we would have seen if we changed any of the hardware or software configurations we tested. By their nature, benchmarks are only meaningful for the test environment they run in. Let me be clear: We are not predicting that NT will outperform NetWare in every environment. We are, however, saying that NT indeed outperformed NetWare in our test environment. If you don’t feel our test environment reflects your network environment, take our results with a grain of salt. Some letters accused us of being biased, suggesting that we were attempting to make NT the winner to begin with. This point is where I take issue. I spent many years installing and working with NetWare networks; I have nothing but respect for what NetWare can do. In fact, at the outset of our tests, I predicted that NetWare would outperform NT. When the results started coming in to the contrary, we spent weeks analyzing the data to make sure it was accurate. We also did our best to find tests that would let NetWare outperform NT, but we were unable to find a winning scenario for NetWare. Nobody was more surprised than I. Based on the response to our tests, I am certainly open to conducting additional benchmarks with different hardware and software configurations. With this in mind, I hereby invite Novell into our lab to meet with us and agree on what a fair test environment looks like. If Novell will participate in another round of testing, we can eliminate much of the bickering about hardware and software configurations. So what do you say, Novell? Are you up for this challenge? You can reach me at john@winntmag.com if you are.
--John Enck, Lab Manager]]>John Enck Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:03:39 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/nt-vs-netware-file-service-grand-prix#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/nt-vs-netware-file-service-grand-prix#commentsAnchorTue, 10 Aug 1999 11:01:54 GMT
I can’t imagine a more biased test and conclusion than Carlos Bernal’s November 1997 Windows NT vs. NetWare file services test. The test has several problems. 1. The server configuration is silly. Who uses IDE drives and a 16bit ISA 10Mbps adapter in this day, particularly with the rest of the lab on switched 100Mbps? 2. Why did you use NetWare 4.1 instead of IntranetWare? IntranetWare has much better support for IDE drives than 4.1. Why didn’t you install the latest patches on 4.1, currently on patch 7? I noticed you patched the NT server. 3. The choice of NT Workstation as the client doesn’t reflect the business world. The performance of the NetWare client for Windows 95 is much better than the performance of either the Microsoft or Novell client for NT. 4. The use of small files for copy negated the advantage of Novell’s packet burst technology. 5. The basic premise for all file server performance is the caching of data, so the elimination of caching on the servers, thus forcing constant reads to an IDE drive, penalized NetWare. 6. I worked in a training center where data was xcopied from the server to a classroom of 12 workstations. When the distribution server was on a NetWare server, the total download time for the room was about 2 hours. When facilities switched to an NT server, the class load time increased to about 3 hours. So benchmarks be damned; my watch says Novell is a better file server. NT has a place as a departmental applications server, but its clumsy domain structure, sub-par file and print services, and limited scalability render it a poor choice for an enterprise solution. I would also like you to know that I am not a Novell bigot. I am both Novell and Microsoft certified as an instructor and systems engineer. I just call them the way I see them.
--Bud Klink]]>Bud Klink Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:01:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/nt-vs-netware-file-service-grand-prix#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/nt-vs-netware-file-service-grand-prix#commentsAnchorTue, 10 Aug 1999 11:01:17 GMT
I am an independent consultant who works with various versions of both NetWare and Windows NT. I have no problem recommending either product when I feel it is best for the company in question. I am a Novell Certified Network Engineer (CNE) and one exam away from a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), and I found Carlos Bernal’s November 1997 article, “NT vs. NetWare: File Services Grand Prix,” to be highly biased. Comparing the latest version of NT with all service packs to an old version of NetWare without service packs is not objective by any stretch of the imagination. And, I hope that the prices listed were suggested retail price because I found a lower price for each product on the Web. Not only is NetWare less than half the price you listed for NetWare 4.1, but its price beats NT Server’s. How can I feel anything but that this comparison was set up so that Novell would fail against Microsoft? If this article were in the April issue, I would think that this review was just some sort of sick joke. Instead, I feel that a fine magazine has lost integrity. How can I know that other articles won’t be so blatantly biased? Will you run a file server test with IntranetWare with Service Pack 3 on one side against NT Server 3.51 with no fixes on the other?
--Eric Quinn]]>Eric Quinn Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:01:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/benchmarks/nt-vs-netware-file-service-grand-prix#commentsAnchor