Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Planning a Workgroup
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2 Planning a Workgroup
The topics that follow are primarily intended to help someone who is
about to set up a workgroup from scratch, but you may also find them
useful if you’re reconfiguring or expanding the workgroup.
If you need to know what we mean by workgroup, see “How We Are
Using the Terms “System” and “Workgroup”” on page 45.
Go to any of these topics for more information:
• “Choosing a File-Sharing Model” on page 56
• “Distributing Applications and Data” on page 61
• “A Sample Workgroup / Network” on page 67
• “Setting Disk-Management Strategy” on page 76
• “Planning to Manage File Systems” on page 83
• “Managing Users Across Multiple Systems” on page 102
• “Planning your Printer Configuration” on page 105
• “Distributing Backups” on page 124
• “Services for Data Exchange with Personal Computers” on page 126
• “Possible Problems Exchanging Data Between HP-UX and PCs” on
page 132