Re: [PLUG] Netatalk performance?

[Rebecca Ore <ogoense.net@verizon.net>]

On Monday, September 27, 2004, at 10:32 AM, W. Chris Shank wrote:

> Anyone have experience with the Linux version of Appletalk (netatalk)? 
> How
> does it perform with both OS 9 & OS X systems?  How does it compare to 
> MS's
> implimentation? Is it noticably faster/slower?

I've used it on RedHat 7.* and RedHat 9, once with a client at a 
distance and once with my local Mac several years later.  Since I 
haven't had experience with  MS versions, I couldn't compare them, but 
Appletalk worked transparently for the Mac User when I set it up for 
him in 1991 or 1992 (OS 9 or early X).

Appletalk seems to be about as fast as any other distance (NFS) file 
sharing I've tried, quicker than ssh with a NetBSD Sparc.  It's a bit 
of a fuss to set up on the Linux side, quite easy on the Mac under OS X.

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