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

Gjermund Gusland Thorsen ggt667 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 00:10:02 MST 2007


OK, less competitive, but why use it for server tasks?
It's a vast difference in the tools you should use for server tasks
and for work station tasks...

ggt

On Dec 3, 2007 3:36 AM, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
> 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.
> >>
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