ExtremeZ-IP
Compatibility Without Compromise.
Are Mac clients a critical component of your IT infrastructure? Have you struggled with ways to integrate them seamlessly into your Windows File & Print Server environment? Fundamental differences between the Mac and Windows operating systems can make this integration a challenge.
Now achieve even greater productivity with the most advanced compatibility between Mac desktops and Windows servers.
The industry's most trusted solution for seamless file and printer sharing between Mac desktops and Windows servers, ExtremeZ-IP is the only Windows-based server software today that actively supports all Mac OS versions from OS 9 to OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
Backed by years of engineering and customer-driven enhancements, ExtremeZ-IP is the most compatible and stable Windows-based AFP server solution on the market – the file sharing protocol designed to fully support the Mac experience. With ExtremeZ-IP you get seamless integration while maintaining the complete Mac experience for end-users. You also get a powerful suite of administrator features that will enable you to manage your business more efficiently.
So join more than 3,000 other companies that now profit from best-in-class file and print sharing - with ExtremeZ-IP.
Key Features
ExtremeZ-IP 6.0 delivers:
- Today's most compatible, scalable, innovative AFP server, delivering world-class performance along with increased manageability and monitoring options.
- A fully integrated File and Print Sharing Solution which combines the advanced functionality of ExtremeZ-IP File Server and Print Server into a single powerful platform for optimized compatibility between Mac desktops and Windows servers.
- Innovative solutions to Mac/Windows compatibility problems, designed to extend the Mac experience for Mac users when interfacing with a Windows server.
- Maximum performance and reliability no matter the size of your network, the number of users, numbers of files or the size of the files.
- Elimination of AppleTalk throughout your network infrastructure which can reduce your costs.
- Expanded flexibility to define and enforce file name policies on your servers for increased compatibility in Mac-Windows workflows.
- Simplified server administration through seamless integration with Active Directory.
- The only Windows AFP server that supports enterprise-class single sign-on authentication of Mac clients.
- [NEW] Complete support for Microsoft DFS Namespaces and Home Directories. As Macs are more accepted in the corporate IT environment, it is essential that they fully support and integrate with the Microsoft DFS infrastructure that is being deployed or already in place.*
- Unmatched file name search speeds - significantly faster than SFM and SMB.
- [NEW] Full support for Apple’s Innovative Network Spotlight and is the only Windows Server solution that allows full content searching from the Mac to a Windows-based file share. Mac users connected to an ExtremeZ-IP file server can type a phrase and immediately get back a list of all files on the server that contain the phrase.
- Support for clustering under Microsoft Cluster Services provides the capability for multiple virtual servers per cluster node with increased scalability.
- Instant discovery of all network file and print servers right from a user's desktop.
- Innovative "reconnect" feature of the AFP protocol, allowing a Mac that loses connectivity to the server to seamlessly re-establish connectivity, authentication, and all of its open files without data loss.
*ExtremeZ-IP DFS Virtual Root support is only available in the ExtremeZ-IP "Enterprise Solutions" class licenses; Unlimited-Client, Cluster or Enterprise License (ELP). However, any license of ExtremeZ-IP can be a DFS target. Click here to request an ELP quote.