[WinMac] Using NT for a MacFile server [WAS :Re: Film Bureau and Platforms]

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 13:08:34 -0400

        Dear Dan,

        No "barrage" here... In fact, if you reference my original note I
dismissed OS X server before ASIP 6.2. The main reason for dismissing
ASIP 6.2 & MacOS 8.6 is because of the flimsy hardware, MacOS 8.6
stability, and lack of hardware RAID.

        Also, I expectedly stated in my recommendations near the bottom that
MacServer IP or InterGraph's ExtremeZ-IP to implement AFP/IP:

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<excerpt>

RECOMMENDATION FOR DEPARTMENTAL SERVER:

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        Dual PII CPU with 512 MB of ECC RAM, Mylex DAC960 RAID controller with 4
MB of RAM, nine 18 MB hard drives for 1/8 terabyte protected storage, and
a DLT for backups; plus NT4/Server with Service Pack 5, UltraBac backup
software, and either MacServer IP or ExtremeZ-IP for Apple Filing
Protocol over IP (AFP/IP) support for improved sustained file transfer
speed.

</excerpt><<<<<<<<

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        Furthermore, Windows 2000/Server has, built in, AFP/IP with ASIP 5.1
emulation, so third party AFP/IP products are no longer needed.

        The main thrust of my recommendation was *not* for the PC connectivity,
although hitching up to an NT Server is quite easy - Especially if
NetBEUI is loaded on the PC's and Server. BTW, NetBEUI is about the
fastest protocol available, and is quite suitable for small LAN's... But
it is non-routeable and is limited to 255 nodes.

        Cheers!

        Dan

At 05:30 PM 9/21/99 +0000, Dan wrote:

>Interesting that everyone seems to have dismissed ASIP out of hand. I am
  

>running an ASIP 6.2 Server on a small mixed network (6 Power Macs,5

>Windoze) in a graphic design environment, and we have NO problems.

>Admittedly there were teething problems, but these turned out to be

>related to SCSi termination problems rather than any Software problems.
I

>do not consider myself to be a 'poweruser' when it comes to servers and

>IP and SMB and stuff, but I managed to install, set up and trouble shoot

>the whole shebang myself in one day. As far as I know, and like I said,

>I'm not an expert, NT only offers Appletalk speeds for Mac file sharing,

>and sounds about as complex as you can get. ASIP is simple quick and

>easy, and if Apple are to be believed actually faster for Windows
sharing

>than NT.

>

>Why complicate things for the sake of two windows boxes? Rod Waller is

>working in a similar environment to mine, where, I'm guessing here,, his

>major slab of work in and out is Mac based. Why go to NT or Unix when

>ASIP will be familiar in form and function, and do the job just fine?

>

>Cheers, Dan (hands over my head, waiting for the barrage...) Thurgood.

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