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In article <4d116u$p...@news.onramp.net>, we...@onramp.net says...
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>I am currently running 100 user 3.12 LAN with heavy DataBase use. I have been 
confronted
>by the Director of IS about going to NT. Any thoughts?

I would ask your IS Director what he expects to get from going to NT.  We 
recently made the switch.  Before we switched I was given all of these 
wonderful reasons.  Here are some results.

Reason:
  It will perform better.

Result:
  We went from a 66 Mhz 486-DX2 with 64MB of RAM on an EISA buss, a Mylex EISA 
DAC960 disk array controller and a 3Com EISA FDDI nic; all running NetWare.

  We went to a 133 Mhz Pentium, also with 64 MB of RAM on a PCI buss, a Mylex 
PCI DAC960P disk array controller and a Network Peripherals PCI FDDI nic, 
running Windows NT.  It got visibly slower.

Reason:
  It is easier to manage.

Result:
  With NetWare, I used the following programs:  SYSCON, PCONSOLE and RCONSOLE; 
to manage the NetWare server.  I could log in and run these programs from any 
workstation.

  With NT, I use File Manager, Event Viewer, Server Manager, RAS Admin, Print 
Manager, User Manager and Performance Monitor.  Since all of these are NT 
programs, I have to come back to my workstation or the server to manage 
anything.

  I also have to remember to use Server Manager to resynchronize the Domain 
everytime I make a change to user settings.  I have to use File Manager to 
manually copy the login script files to all of Domain Controllers, because if I 
don't, I must wait 5 to 10 minutes for Directory Replication to work.

  When I want to set user's access to directories on the server, I have to set 
each directory ACL (Access Control List) individualy.  This is because NT ACL's 
are non-hierachial, and if you use File Manager to copy ACL's to 
sub-directories, it erases any other ACL's that may be in the directory.

Final Word:
  I could go on for hours.  My advice to you is to clearly define the 
objectives you want to achieve by using Windows NT.  Then learn enough about NT 
to know you are achieving the objects, and understand what you are giving up.
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