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davidwtbuxton / afpproxy

Proxy for the AFP (AppleShare) protocol
MIT License
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Appropriate for remote office? #1

Closed jondthompson closed 11 years ago

jondthompson commented 11 years ago

So I have a client with two offices, and the need for one file server. Would a server with afpproxy on it at the remote office provide faster response than connecting to the afp server directly?

davidwtbuxton commented 11 years ago

Hi Jon,

It would be slower to connect to a server via afpproxy than to connect to it directly. So the remote office should just connect directly, don't use afpproxy. afpproxy just logs the protocol messages between client and server, it does nothing to improve speeds or latency.

For heavy pre-press use you might be interested in products from Xinet or Helios (WebNative and Xinet Central in particular). Hideously expensive and kludgey but intended for sharing large artwork and other design assets across offices.