RE: Using two boxes to share the load via ddm files

Thanks Evan

        I always listen to Nathan ;) and I think you are probably right
about the sna/ip decision.  I am just dabbling at this point and I hate the
extra complexity inherent in this idea anyway.  Thanks for your thoughts
they are much appreciated.

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 On Behalf Of Evan Harris

Nathan's point about an additional point of failure is a good one. If
possible applications using the DDM files should be coded on the basis that
the file might not be there, probably via a user open or something similar.

You want to avoid a scenario where using DDM creates an additional
dependency such that each time a machine needs to off-line e.g. for backups
or maintenance it affects other machines that might be requesting data and
applications start failing with "File not Found" 
or similar messages.

I would also avoid the Anynet connectivity option if possible - this can
require a bit of work of an administrative nature when converting so you may
as well set them up as IP in the first place, at it is likely to be more
long-lived than SNA.

regards
Evan Harris