RE: RE: NT versus Appleshare servers

Jorge Herrera(jherrera[at]one.net)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:38:34 +0200

> -----Original Message-----
> From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
> [mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu]On Behalf Of Harris, Matt
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 2:07 AM
> To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Subject: RE: RE: NT versus Appleshare servers
>
>
> How is Netatalk's speed? I did some testing with KAshare where we
> sustained 35 Mbit throughput on 100BaseT using the Apple File Protocol
> over IP. Is Netatalk comparable? Does Netatalk support Appleshare over
> IP or is it and AppleTalk only solution at this time?

Depending on your config, it should match or exceed KAshare's performance.

NetAtalk ,http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/ does not support
Appleshare/IP natively,
but a very easy to apply patch enables Appleshare/IP.

NetAtalk with the asun patch for Appleshare/IP

ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/asun/netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.0a18.2.tar.gz

I can't give you anything other than anecdotal evidence, since I have not
measured the performance, but it sure ***seems*** very fast on my network,
much faster than NT.

I am the Sr. Sys/Net Admin for a newspaper publishing group, we use
everything from Appleshare 3.x to Novell to NT to Suns, I am comfortable
enough with Linux/NetAtalk, that I am planning to install it at some
production sites where it might make sense.

Good Luck.

Jorge Herrera
Brown Publishing Company

I use it in my office and recommend Linux+Samba+Netatalk+asun patch

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