Novell Netware 3.12 [new]
For the first time, small businesses could afford server fault tolerance without buying expensive hardware RAID controllers. IBM and Compaq server sales skyrocketed.
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Unlike later NetWare 4.x’s NDS (Novell Directory Services), 3.12 used a . Every server had its own flat-file database of users, groups, and passwords. To access resources on multiple servers, a user needed an account on each—or used "bindery context" workarounds. This was a limitation but also simpler to manage for small to mid-sized companies. For the first time, small businesses could afford