Re: NT versus Appleshare servers

Peter C.S. Adams(adamsp[at]cs.umb.edu)
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 20:40:22 +0200

"Thom Pratt " <tpratt@diamondschmitt.com> wrote:
>We have a mixed environment of 4 NT and 25 Mac in an architectural office
>and are contemplating switching from peer to peer over to centralized
>file sharing, no applications, just files.What are thoughts on NT servers
>versus Appleshare servers for this environment?

In my initial testing, Appleshare IP 6 is faster than Win NT Services for
Macintosh, and, of course, much easier to set up and maintain. Also, unlike
NT, Mac and Windows clients can access the same directory transparently,
making it a better choice for cross-platform use. This testing was done on
a beta of ASIP 6 on a stock 8600, BTW, so running the full version (when it
is released) on a G3 server will be much faster. If you had 10 times as
many users I might hesitate, but for your size I would not hesitate to
recommend an Appleshare server.

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Peter C.S. Adams <adamsp@cs.umb.edu>
Computing Services, UMass Boston
Mac OS: Year 2000 compliant since 1983!


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