[WinMac] Re: Film Bureau and Platforms
Aaron Ciesar(aciesar[at]stroke.upmc.edu)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:17:41 -0400
Rod,
I would go with ASIP (AppleShare IP) 6.2 based on your small network size
and your Mac/PC ratio.
Avoid Novell NetWare like the plague. While NetWare is great for Windows,
the Mac implementation is crap and reliant upon a third party source
(Prosoft) for the client.
MacOS X Server, is a very powerful solution, perhaps overkill. MacOS X
Server is very stable and very fast for Web serving. However, ASIP 6.2 is
faster at file serving than MacOS X Server. If you like a Unix environment,
go with MacOS X Server.
WinNT Server is great for an all PC environment, and its Mac implementation
is much better than NetWare. However, NT is much slower than ASIP for
serving Mac files (NT used AppleTalk, ASIP uses TCP/IP). Now you can add
third party software MacServer IP from (I have forgotten who makes it) that
will allow NT to server Mac files over TCP/IP. However, this will solution
is very expensive. If you are not familiar with setting up NT, go with
ASIP.
As far as stability goes MacOS X Server will be the most stable, followed by
NetWare, then NT, finally ASIP. You should note that a properly configured
ASIP server can go months without rebooting.
My FileMaker Pro Server 3.0 on MacOS 8.6 has an uptime of 10 months. My
ASIP 6.2.1 email server with Quick DNS Pro (secondary), Now up to Date,
QuickMail Central Directory Server (LDAP)for MacOS has an uptime of 6
months. My ASIP 6.2 web, print, and file server with Quick DNS Pro
(primary) has been up for a month now (I am constantly tweaking this one
hence the short uptime).
For compatibility, ASIP wins hands down, no questions asked. It is the
fastest to setup, I did my whole network in 8 hours. It is by far the
easiest to setup, and it has excellent stability and performance.
--
Aaron B. Ciesar
Data Manager/Analyst
UPMC Stroke Institute
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> Subject: Film Bureau and Platforms
> From: "Darryl Lee" <lee@darryl.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 01:20:21 -0700 (PDT)
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> Hi Rod, i think you should probably ask the mailing list this
> question. i've forwarded it, for your convenience.
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> --Darryl
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>> From graphics@point.com.au Mon Sep 20 23:07:30 1999
>> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:08:37 +1000
>> From: point graphics <graphics@point.com.au>
>> Organization: point graphics
>> To: lee@darryl.com
>> Subject: www.darryl.com/winmac/index.shtml
>
>> Dear Lee,
>> Please assist me in a major decision facing the future of a film bureau.
>>
>> We are considering upgrading our server to Mac OSX/ Windows NT/ Novell
>> Netware.
>> Networking 6 Macs and 2 PCs with 100BaseT.
>> Using Color Central.
>>
>> Q1. Which platform is faster?
>> Q2. Why?
>> Q3. Which platform provides more stability?
>> Q4. Why?
>> Q5. Which is the most compatable?
>>
>> Thanking you in advance.
>>
>> Rod Waller
>> Australia
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