RE: [WinMac] NT 4 server - Mac users only see first 200 shares?

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 12:50:50 -0500

At 06:04 PM 10/27/98 -0800, Harris, Matt wrote:
> Curtis is correct, and your NT server should perform better with a
>single SFM (Services for Macintosh) share as well.
>
> Curtis did overlook one possibility - if you really want all of the
>shares available to PC users as mapped drives, turn off the 1200 SFM shares
>and set only one SFM share to the directory which contains all of your
>individual shares.

Right, I wasn't thinking straight. You don't need to change the PC shares
but the paths will be a little different.

>I am surprised the SFM overhead is not killing your
>server performance as it is. Even if it worked, that is not the easiest
>configuration to manage. Be kind to the guy that set that up when you ask
>to change it - there is a ton of work represented by those 1200 shares
>getting set up (and just as much work to turn of the shares). Good luck.

I would be interested to hear how this machine is equipped and how SFM is
affecting performance. Specifically I've heard SFM is a RAM hog and it goes
up with additional shares. Or is it additional clients? Performance Monitor
on that machine could tell a thing or two.

They should check the archive of the WinNT-L list at peach.ease.lsoft.com.
I'm sure there have been tips on scripting the creation (and removal) of
shares.

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Eastman School of Music       Pager: x12-3290


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