LA> With the optional Directory And Security Server (DCE) package,
LA> Warp Server has true single log-on capability, and supports the
LA> OSF Distributed File System.
LA> With DSS, multiple DCE cells obtain Directory and Kerberos
LA> security services from a centralized DSS server, located
LA> anywhere on the WAN. DSS supports thousands of users.
MB> Be aware that DSS is a framework for the implementation of DCE, and that
IBM
> regards DCE as vendor-independent above DSS. You can use IBM's DCE
> implementation above OS/2 DSS, but DSS is not tied to IBM's DCE. I don't
know
> if anyone other than IBM implements DCE over OS/2 DSS.
LA> Without DSS, you have a single DCE cell with a designated
LA> Domain controller (and backups), similar to NT. User capacities
LA> are slightly higher than NT, except, of course, that Warp
LA> Server runs much faster on much less hardware.
MB> :-)
IBM actually doesn't say anything about that fact. Wonder why?
:-)
I have a copy of Lan Server 4.0 here that would be perfect for
7/8 of the clown...ah, Lan Administrators I talk to. All the
performance they need on a pentium90, instead they always go for
the NT and wind up spending 3 times as much on the installation,
for half the performance.
LRA
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