Re: Novell WAN Adminstration

Timothy Ladd (ctladd@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu)
Sun, 7 Apr 1996 23:59:08 EDT

I concur. The biggest mistake you can make in putting in a network of any
size is to assume that it will run itself. A network of any size is a
living, breathing organism that requires constant care and feeding. Plan on
getting someone to administer what you have planned.

Kathy Blackney <0550702@acad.nwmissouri.edu> wrote:
>> Our district tech committee is having a disagreement concerning the WAN we
>> hope to install next school year. We are considering using Novell to do
>> this WAN, but there are some who say we will need a full-time administrator
>> if we go with Novell. They say to use Banyan or Windows NT.
>>
>> If you have experience administering a WAN with Novell (5 school buildings,
>> 150 staff members...) please let me know how much of your time it consumed.

Lee Zeltzer <lzeltzer@isdnet.com> replied:
>You will probably need a full time technical person with
>150 users regardless of the NOS selected. The issue is
>whether one person can be both technician and administrator. You will
>find the answer depends upon the skill set of the person you hire. There
>are many more trained Novell CNE and CNA staff available than either
>Banyon or NT. However if you have a tech and he/she needs to learn the
>NOS you will find NT the easiest to learn and maintain.

Timothy A. Ladd, Sr. ctladd@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu
Technology Coordinator
Currituck Schools
Currituck NC 27929
919-232-2223