Group Logic introduces ExtremeZ-IP 6.0 with Native Microsoft DFS Support
Together, these important new features give organizations the ability to provide both Mac and Windows users with the same level of network compatibility, file and print sharing capabilities in Windows-based infrastructures, says Derick Naef, chief technology officer for Group Logic. As companies with Macs look to deploy DFS in order to improve the manageability, reliability, and performance of their file server infrastructure, ExtremeZ-IP's support for DFS is critical to providing "compatibility without compromise," he adds.
ExtremeZ-IP 6.0 provides full virtual DFS Namespace access to Mac clients on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 and supports full DFS replication and site costing. ExtremeZ-IP is the only solution on the market that allows customers to maintain the Mac's native AFP file sharing protocol in a DFS environment, according to Naef.
ExtremeZ-IP 6.0 also features new support for Apple's Network Spotlight full content searching feature that was introduced in Mac OS X 10.5. Mac users connected to an ExtremeZ-IP file server can type a phrase and immediately get back a list of all the files on the server that contain that phrase. This allows users to find the files they need without looking through 100's or 1,000's of files and folders.