Re: Newsdir on NAS?

On 28/10/2015 14:37, Jim Nagel wrote:
> Would it be feasible to locate my live !Newsdir on network-attached
> storage?

Possible, but will slow down opening of large folders quite a bit 
compared to the fast disc on the Iyonix. No as much for slower discs on 
other RO machines.

> !Netfetch would still run on one of my Ro machines.  That would
> probably be the Armini.  Currently Netfetch is on the Iyonix, which
> has begun to show the familiar first sign of power-supply
> unreliability: networking decides without consultation that it doesn't
> want to play any more today.

Well if networking isn't working well, having things on the NAS isn't 
going to work very well.

> I understand that I could have Messenger run on several machines on
> the network and access the mail and news stored in !Newsdir.  Haven't
> yet worked out what wrinkles might be involved, though.

You need !RemoteNB for that.

Cheers
---David

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