Good Reasons to Choose EtherShare instead of Windows 2000 / 2003 Server
HELIOS EtherShare – Highest-Performance Server for Mac clients
HELIOS benefits with EtherShare 3.1 versus Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server (SP3):
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Moving print jobs between printer queues |
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TCP/IP spooling |
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TCP/IP Mac OS 9 printer driver |
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HELIOS mDNS (“Bonjour”) printer driver |
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UNIX command line spooling (lpr) |
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Balance queue spooling (Distribution of jobs to other available queues) |
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Custom spool directory per printer queue |
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Job pipelining to multiple printers |
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- Windows Server: 2.4 GHz server system under Windows Server 2003 connected with Gigabit Ethernet. Printer queue was set to “Pause”, i.e. to spool only. Queue was published via “AppleTalk-PAP”.
- UNIX server: 900 MHz server system under EtherShare 3.1 connected with Gigabit Ethernet. Printer queue was set to spool only. Printer queue was published via HELIOS mDNS (“Bonjour”)
- One Apple G4 (1 GHz) under Mac OS 9 connected with Gigabit Ethernet.
- Printing to Windows has been done using “AppleTalk-PAP”. Printing to EtherShare has been done using the HELIOS TCP/IP printer driver for Mac OS 9.
HELIOS Find File performance
Server Fail Safety
Server Process Reliability
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EtherShare |
Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server (SP3) |
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Three levels of service reliability |
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Separate process per active Mac client |
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Separate process per active Win client |
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Separate process per active print job |
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Separate process per active spool job |
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Automatic process restart on failure |
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Server Process Security
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EtherShare |
Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server (SP3) |
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AFP file security enforced by operating system |
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AFP server failure will disconnect all users |
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Individual users can be monitored via tracing tools (“truss”, “strace”) |
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Mac-based server administration
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EtherShare |
Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server (SP3) |
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HELIOS mDNS (“Bonjour”) server and services (similar to AppleTalk zones / names) |
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Support of AFP two way random passwords |
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Support of AFP DHX128 64-bytes passwords |
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Scripting via UNIX Desktop Tools (mv, chmod, touch, incl. desktop update) |
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Support of private home volumes |
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Volumes security for group members only |
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Volumes security via TCP/IP access lists |
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Service security via TCP/IP access lists for each service |
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HELIOS Time Server for OS 9 clients |
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Migration of server configuration to other servers (“var” folder) |
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Desktop rebuild tools (during server operation) |
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Support of PAP print spooler authentication |
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LanTest diagnostic and benchmarking tool |
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Network maintenance via “netconf” |
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UNIX Text to PostScript printing |
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Freedom to choose the server platform:
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EtherShare |
Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server (SP3) |
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Software upgrade path to medium and large servers |
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Server data format compatibility between servers |
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Optional features for prepress customers …
