MacServerIP Server 9.0 - 10 Clients CD/DVD Win DE

MacServerIP Server 9.0 - 10 Clients

Cyan Software MacServerIP 9.0 is an advanced Apple file sharing system that replaces services for Macintosh (SFM) on Microsoft Windows servers and workstations.

MacServerIP 9.0 is an advanced Apple file sharing system that replaces services for Macintosh (SFM) on Microsoft Windows servers and workstations. The new rock solid system solves many SMB and SFM networking as well as file sharing problems, reduces workflow bottlenecks, eases administration responsibilities, and allows PC based IT departments to better co-exist with Mac dominated graphics departments. MacServer IP is guaranteed to speed up and optimise file sharing between Windows Servers, Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 clients.


AFP-over-IP Heads List of Major Features

MacServerIP offers a more complete range of important features than any other AFP server product for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. MacServerIP is currently the only AFP server product to support access via the Internet Protocol (IP), using the specifications developed by Apple Computer for its AppleShare IP products. MacServerIP allows Macintosh computers to access the server and transfer files using IP instead of the AppleTalk Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP), offering significantly better performance than DDP and making it possible for users to access the server from anywhere in the world via the Internet, using the standard AppleShare client software provided in MacOS 8.1 and higher or System 7.6 and higher with AppleShare Client Software installed (AppleShare Client 3.7 or higher required for AFP-over-IP access).

In addition to the performance benefits of AFP-over-IP, MacServerIP offers greater flexibility in sharing volumes than Windows NT/2000 Server's Services for Macintosh. While Services for Macintosh requires Windows NT/2000 Server and can only share volumes that are formatted with Windows' NTFS, MacServerIP can run on either Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server or Workstation/Professional, and can make non-NTFS volumes available to Macintosh clients. MacServerIP is also able to share CD-ROM drives and other removable media.

While offering better performance and more flexibility than Windows NT/2000's Services for Macintosh, MacServerIP is tightly integrated with Windows' security environment, allowing administrators to establish and maintain a single database of users, groups, and access privileges, unlike other third-party products, which require maintenance of a separate database of AFP users.


Better Preservation of Macintosh-Specific Information

A significant difference between MacServerIP and other third-party AFP servers for NT/2000/2003/XP is the use of the same file format for Macintosh files as NT/2000/2003's MacFile Service. This approach is provided for storing the resource fork of Macintosh files in a second invisible file stream within the main file object, along with Finder information such as type and creator codes, comments, and other Finder information. This ensures that when non-Macintosh users move, copy, or rename Macintosh files, none of this important information is lost, even if MacServerIP is not running at the time. Other third-party AFP servers for NT/2000/2003/XP use a discrete second file for the resource fork and Finder information, with a database of links between the data fork file and the resource fork file. Because the NT/2000/2003/XP operating system is not aware of the connection between these files, if a user other than a logged-in AFP client copies, moves, or renames the main file, the link to the resource fork information is broken.

Use of the same file format as NT/2000's MacFile Service also provides easy migration from NT/2000/2003's Services for Macintosh to MacServerIP; existing MacFile server volumes can be shared immediately by MacServerIP, with no reconfiguration necessary. In fact, MacServerIP can run simultaneously with NT/2000/2003's MacFile Service.


Remote Administration

MacServerIP is also designed to make network administrators' lives easier by providing a remote administration program that allows users to control and configure servers from another Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 machine on the network, or even from a remote site via Windows NT/2000/2003/XP's Remote Access Services (RAS). This makes it possible to configure multiple servers from a single point.

Weblinks

Weblink Manufacturer: http://www.cyansoftware.com

System requirement Windows:

- MacServerIP requires a Pentium processor (or compatible),
- 32MB or more of RAM and
- Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server or Windows NT/2000/XP Workstation/Professional (versions 3.51, 4.0, 2000 or XP) or Windows 2003 Server (all editions).
- Windows' TCP/IP Protocol is required for AFP-over-IP.