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Our school recently acquired a large server which we will be setting up = sometime next week. It will have Novell as the operating system and will = mainly serve to distribute software (Accelerated Reader, Orchid, typing = program, etc.) to classrooms and labs. I would like to hear from other schools to see how the extra server = space is being used. We have another server in the Technology = department that holds the Technology web site and one of the tech = teachers is in charge of it. Most of the technology students post their = work there and eventually this will be accessible from the Internet = (This is an Apple server) My idea is to set up server space in the Novell server for students to = save their work, as opposed to saving it in the workstations. I am not = sure what the best way to do this is, since in the past we had space = assigned to each student and it never got used. I envision this server = space as a giant floppy that will allow students to save large files, = then retrieve them later to burn to CD when time allows or retrieve them = from a different lab or classroom to work on them. I don't expect = students to use this very much, so I assume one directory would suffice = for this. Students who are not in the Technology program would seldom = need to prepare multimedia presentations and there isn't a person in = charge who could upload and set up web pages, so I am hesitant to ask = for Internet access (or even an Intranet with html interface) to be set = up for this server. General district policy right now is to set up these = servers as internal servers without internet access from outside, so = this is, right now, a moot point. Our district provides access to email through its mail server, so I = wouldn't need to provide email services to teachers. The technology = committee decided not to teach the use of email to students (security = issues, viruses, just like "passing notes in class", etc), so I wouldn't = need to set up student email accounts either. Our library database is = also centralized, and it is held in a separate server somewhere = downtown. That leaves me with plenty of hard drive space after all the software is = loaded and no immediate need for it. I was hoping this group would be an = inspiration. The district purchased servers in bulk to obtain the best = price, and, since we needed a server to distribute our new software, we = purchased what was available, which in my opinion, is going to be = under-utilized. Thanks for taking the time to read this post.=20 Coral Antony Media Specialist BMS Gainesville, FL =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=