[WinMac] Re:Choice of AppleShare IP 6.0 vs. NT (WinMac #91)
Phil Corchary(corchary[at]apple.com)
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 10:12:15 -0600
Points of comparison between AppleShare IP 6.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0
This is an outline only.
1) Easy and speed of setup, use and administration - AppleShare wins hands
down. ASIP6 now also offers web-based admin, allowing you to admin all
features of your server from a web browser.
2) Cost of hardware and software - AppleShare wins easily compared to the
top-tier PC Server vendors, and the price-performance ratio is tremendously
in favor of the AppleShare server
3) Performance - AppleShare IP 6.0 is more than twice as fast as NT 4.0 in
copying files across a 100bT network from/to Macintosh clients. If you're
looking for speedy file transfers with Mac clients, AppleShare IP is what
you want.
4) Flexibility - AppleShare IP 6.0 will let you use AppleTalk or TCP/IP (AFP
over IP) with you Macintosh clients. NT uses only AppleTalk. ASIP6 will also
act as a server to any PC's that you have by providing native SMB services
(the AppleShare server will appear in the Windows Network Neighborhood.)
Your ASIP6 server can also be your web server, FTP server, DNS server, Mail
server (POP/SMTP/IMAP4) and your Print Spooler (and if you've ever tried
spooling Postscript through WinNT, you know how unpredictable and
problematic it can be!). All of this is included with
the purchase of an AppleShare G3 server.
This means you can replace your current AppleShare 4.x server AND your NT
server with a new, high performance Apple G3 Server with ASIP6, and get
better performance AND easier administration for your Macs and PCs!
For more information on AppleShare IP, visit
http://www.apple.com/appleshare.
>Date: Sun, 27 Sep 98 20:52:13 -0400
>From: Dan Goldblatt <danielg@njbiz.com>
>Subject: Choice of AppleShare IP 6.0 vs. NT
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>We are weekly newspaper running some 20 Macs from LCIIIs to G3 using an
>AppleShare 4.something server and 5 Win95 machines with an NT4.0 server.
>
>I know I want to run a more powerful machine for my fileserver than the
>aged Apple WGS 7250 we currently have. I'm trying to decide if I should
>move up to AppleShare IP 6.0 on a 604 or G3 Mac or just move all my
>fileserving to the NT server.
>
>Can folks help with me the points of comparison and consideration that I
>should by thinking about or point me to some good sources?
>
>Thanks. Dan G.
>
>
>**** **** ****
>Dan Goldblatt
>Health/Technology Editor
>BUSINESS NEWS New Jersey
Phillip Corchary, Sr. Systems Engineer
Apple Computer, Inc., Denver CO
corchary@apple.com / 303-202-9883
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