Considerations When Installing Link Services in SNA 4.0

• Microsoft SNA Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

In a computing environment where disk space utilization, connection speeds, and overall efficiency of operations are considerations, it may be helpful to consider what link services will be used. Only those link services that will be used on the SNA Server computer should be installed.

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During the installation of SNA Server 4.0, the opportunity to install one or more link services is presented to the SNA Server administrator. Considerations of what link service or services will be used on the SNA Server computer can have an impact on server storage, and on the installation process itself.

Installing all of the link services will use approximately 41 MB of disk space. The sizes of the individual link services range from 800 KB to 7 MB depending on the choices for the computing environment. If the installation is on a computer that has constrained storage resources, space can be saved by installing only the link services that will be used on that computer. For example, if the 802.2 link service and a second link service will be the only two link services used by the SNA Server computer, a very large percent of the storage space that would be used to keep copies of unused link services can be returned to the server storage subsystem.

In addition, if the installation is to be performed across a slow link, or even across a LAN link, time and bandwidth can be saved by installing only the link services that will be used by the SNA Server computer.

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Version : WINDOWS:4.0
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