NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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Cabling system
Part of a network’s physical layout.
See also: “Topology.”
Cache memory
Available random access memory (RAM) that NetWare uses to improve
NetWare server access time.
NetWare Services relies mainly on the HP-UX cache system for reading and
writing files.
NetWare Services also keeps local caches in shared memory. For example, a
read-ahead cache in shared memory predicts what the next block request
will be in a sequential file. Database requests cannot be predicted by this
read-ahead cache.
Information on file locking and trustee rights is kept separately in shared
memory, which can be accessed by all processes.
Can’t Compress attribute
A status flag that NetWare uses to indicate that a file cannot be compressed
because of insignificant space savings.
NetWare Services does not support file compression or use this attribute.
See also: “Attributes.”
Client
A workstation that uses NetWare software to gain access to the network.
In NetWare Services, client types include DOS, and Windows.