>>>>> why not just use SMB?
>
> --- One reason is that AFP and SMB are not the same. Try this
> interesting experiment. On an OSX client, mount the same Windows/SFM
> based share twice. Once with AFP and once with SMB. Compare all the
> file and folder names and you'll see many are different. Lots of
> truncated names on the SMB share because of character set
> differences. Then look at the icons and associated application that
> will run when double-clicked. A great many are incorrect on the
> SMB share.
And because of this, migrating from SFM to SMB is difficult for users with a
lot of legacy data, particularly Quark files that link to a lot of other
files. This is close to impossible if you still have OS9 users using the
same share. It would help if the Apple SMB client was a little nicer in
dealing with forked data. The Admitmac SMB client is much better at this.
Extreme Z-IP is a good option if you can afford it.
I suggest anyone considering moving to SMB connections do a LOT of testing
with their users...
JK.
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Justin Krisko
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Time Inc Europe (IPC Media Ltd)
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