Re: installing emc on a server questions

[Jon Elson <jmelson-at-artsci.wustl.edu>]

"Terry L. Ridder" wrote:

> hello;
>
> i have a few questions concerning emc.
>
> the project i am doing involves converting 6 bridgeport
> boss machines to rtlinux, emc, and an external magic box.
> instead of installing emc on 6 computers i was thinking
> of networking them all and have a server. i would install
> emc on the server nfs mount /usr/local/emc on all the
> controlling machines.
>
> 1. would this type of installation present a problem?

Definitely should not cause problems.

> 2. has anyone done this type of installation?

I have my EMC computer networked to the rest of myu
systems, but I haven't used NFS.

> 3. anyone have a guess if network traffic may cause problems?

Should work fine.  I KNOW that I can transfer files with FTP
while the machine is cutting.  I tried it just to see.

Jon