LANtastic Network Operating System v5.0 Compatibility Bulletin
Product Reviewed:    CacheAll v1.0 from C&D Programming
Classification:      Disk/File Utilities
Date:                4/14/93
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COMPATIBILITY STATEMENT
C&D Programming's CacheAll Version 1.0 is compatible with LANtastic
NOS v4.xx and v5.xx.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW
CacheAll is a disk-caching program which can cache all DOS
compatible devices accessible through a drive letter, including
local hard disks, network'ed drives, CD-ROM drives, WORM drives,
etc. 3 types of memory configurations are supported: extended, XMS
and EMS. You can also use your local hard drive as additional cache
memory. By default, CacheAll only caches files which are open with
Deny Write or Exclusive sharing privileges. It is designed for
speeding up read operations on the workstation side, whereas the
LANtastic LANCache caches the local physical disk drives and is
geared towards write operations on servers.

INSTALLATION:
If you are installing CacheAll on a LANtastic server for use by
various workstations, you should complete the following steps: 

1.   Install the CacheAll program onto a LANtastic server by
     running the CacheAll INSTALL program from the distribution
     diskette. The installation program will automatically create
     the program directory, C:\CACHEALL by default.

2.   Set up a sharable resource (e.g. \\SERVER\CACHEALL) on the
     server with default Access Control List (ACL) using NET_MGR.
     No special ACL's are necessary.

3.   Set up LANtastic Group and/or Individual accounts with correct
     privileges using NET_MGR. No special privileges are necessary.
     No special workstation installation is needed. You can just
     log onto the CacheAll server, redirect a drive to point to the
     appropriate resource and run the CacheAll program. 

CONFIGURATION:
CacheAll must be executed after all components of the LANtastic
network have been started, especially REDIR and SERVER. During our
testing, we did not find any problems with CacheAll co-existing
with LANCache on the same machine. The minimum amount of memory
required by CacheAll is 18K and it can be loaded high. CacheAll has
many command line options to configure its performance and memory
usage. Refer to the documentation for a listing of all options. 

NETWORK DISCONNECTS
Network disconnects produce the same type of errors that DOS
produces. For example, if P: is a cached network drive, a
disconnect will produce the following error message:

Server connection to network node NODE01 broken reading drive P
Abort, Retry, Fail?

VERSION HISTORY
2/2/93:   CacheAll v1.0 tested for compatibility with LANtastic
          v4.1. 
4/2/93:   CacheAll v1.0 tested for compatibility with LANtastic
          v5.0.

VENDOR INFORMATION:
C&D Programming, P.O. Box 1305, Brentwood, NY 11717. Phone
516-434-3214. Fax 516-434-7603. BBS 516-434-8712. Sales
800-847-5676.

ARTISOFT, Inc. makes no warranties as to the completeness or
accuracy of this document. LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT,
Inc. Brand names and product names are trademarks of their
respective companies.