It actually depends on what the environment is and what you are trying to achieve.
ExtremeZ-IP is different in that it is an AFP service running on a Windows host (like Microsoft Services for Macintosh, but improved). The Mac then uses AFP instead of CIFS so can't directly access shares on a filer. It requires a host which connects to the storage thru a LUN (iSCSI or FCP). With direct CIFS access you can consolidate all access to the data directly on the storage without the need for a server, and have Windows and Mac clients access the same data the same way if Dave/ADmitMac is used.
If Mac OS X native CIFS is used there are some limitations (like characters used in file names) and the data and resource forks are split in two files which can confuse Windows users. This is also the case if NFS is used, but then you are less limited. NFS can be a very useful alternative if no mixed Windows/Mac access is required.
Btw. In the comparision mentioned below ExtremeZ-IP is compared to the NATIVE MacOS CIFS client (which is limited in functionality), not Dave/ADmitMac. For a OSX/ADmitMac comparison see here: http://www.thursby.com/products/admitmac-vs-tiger.html. I'd recommend ADmitMac over DAVE (same vendor) as it has more Active Directory management features and is the same price as Dave.
Drop me a line if I can be of more help.
Regards,
Geert
-----Original Message----- From: Mueller, Nick Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 08:52 To: Jack Lyons; Sphar, Mike Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: RE: Mac OS AFP support?
My understanding is that this is also OS dependent...in that OSX handles things differently than previous Apple OS's.
In one organisation in a previous life we moved from Dave to Extreme IP.
Actually I just had a look at their SMB/CIFS comparision webpage...
http://www.grouplogic.com/products/extreme/SMBSolutions.cfm
Please take note of the 'notes'...
Don't know if this helps...
Regards,
Nick
-----Original Message----- From: Jack Lyons [mailto:jack1729@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 2:57 PM To: Sphar, Mike Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: Mac OS AFP support?
Dave uses the "hidden" file stream in NTFS for the resource information. The only weird thing we saw with resource forks, was that font files would appear as 0k files, because they store their data in the resource fork.
What problems are you seeing.
Sphar, Mike wrote:
Don't you still have the resource fork files left behind when using Dave?