Re: [WinMac] connecting Macs to Unix servers
Subject: Re: [WinMac] connecting Macs to Unix servers
From: Bruce Johnson (johnson[at]pharmacy.arizona.edu)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 14:42:44 EDT
Tom Roth wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> Which would give me the highest throughput? Putting AFP on a Unix server or an NFS client on the Mac workstation? We're wanting to run GigE over fiber from high-end Macs (and PCs). I'd rather go with a known (proven) commercial solution. Ethershare from Helios sounds pretty good. <http://www.helios.de/products/ES/EtherShare.html>
I don't know, since I've not ever used an NFS client on a Mac. I do know
that Thursby Systems has MacNFS that you can download and try.
Throughput on a fast Linux server seemed about as fast as any other AFP
server, but this is mostly with 10 and 100/base T systems.
I'm not playing with high-end networks like you are.
What *I'd* do is start by doing is installing Netatalk on a Linux box
and see what throughput you get, and comparing to Mac NFS. Then, with
real numbers in hand, talk to the Helios folks.
Netatalk comes standard on most Linux distro's; CAP does too, likely.
Netatalk plays well with Samba, which you're likely to want to use with
the PC's.
If that works for you, you don't need a commercial solution.
This said, I'd try for the solution that was most native on the client
platforms. For Classic Mac OS that'd be Appletalk, for PC's that'd be Samba.
As I said before, if you're using OSX, then you can just use NFS.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
*** Windows-MacintoshOS Cooperation List ***
FAQ: http://www.darryl.com/winmacfaq/
Archive: http://www.darryl.com/winmac/
To unsubscribe, send mail to winmac-unsubscribe@iffy.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28
: Mon May 06 2002 - 14:43:03 EDT
|