The AppleShare File Server v.2.0.x software allows for one foreground application to be active at any one time. Examples of foreground applications include the AppleShare Admin program and the AppleShare Print Server. The AppleShare File Server v.2.0.x software has no knowledge of background applications, like Microsoft Mail, InBox, QuickMail, and the AppleTalk Internet Router. Therefore, it cannot place any limit on the number of applications running at a given time.
It is possible to set up an AppleShare File Server v.2.0.x with the AppleShare Print Server running in the foreground and several other applications running in the background. It is important to note that more memory may be required on a file server that has several applications running in the background. If you are going to have several background applications, it is important to test them together on a file server to verify that they do not conflict with each other or cause random system crashes. Also, each application running in the background takes up CPU time and will affect the overall performance of the file server. If many background applications are running, one or more of them may fail due to lack of CPU time.
Article Change History:
09 Sep 1994 - Added notation of version 2.0.x of AppleShare File Server.
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