[FX.php List] [OT] Problem trying to use mount_afp w/ FileMaker Server

Dale Bengston dbengston at preservationstudio.com
Sun Dec 2 19:36:49 MST 2007


This does not make AFP obsolete, however.

On Dec 2, 2007, at 4:01 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> Well... and you can also simply check what I am saying that you
> have at least 20% overhead on AFP compared to SMB and NFS
>
> ggt
>
> On Dec 2, 2007 10:41 PM, Kevin Futter <kfutter at sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au 
> > wrote:
>> On 1/12/07 10:01 AM, "Dale Bengston" <dbengston at preservationstudio.com 
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I can find no reference to AFP obsolescence on Apple's site.  
>>> Rather, I
>>> find many references to continued support and enhancements to AFP
>>> speed, etc. Here's one on the Leopard OS X Server page:
>>>
>>> http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/filesharing.html
>>>
>>> AppleTalk died many years ago. Perhaps you have mixed up the two.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>
>> Sorry to come in late, but I agree with you Dale; ggt is definitely
>> confusing AppleTalk with AFP. The giveaway is his mention of  
>> broadcasting.
>> AppleTalk is notorious for this, whereas to my knowledge AFP does  
>> nothing of
>> the sort.
>>
>> --
>> Kevin Futter
>> Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
>> http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
>>
>>
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