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Netatalk 3: the end of AppleDouble

NetAFP — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:35:00 +0000

Finally we will get rid (Linux: mostly, ZFS: completely) of AppleDouble files and folders.

It’s still work and progress and quite some time before a release is ready, but for anybody who’s interested here’s a sheet where we write up about the changes: Google Doc.

[TN#008] Limiting the available size of Time Machine volumes

NetAFP — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:28:55 +0000

With the help of a Netatalk configuration option (volsizelimit) it is possible to limit the available space of AFP shares.

The implementation of this feature received an important change in the release of Netatalk 2.2.1-p7, such that it is now not supported to store any other data besides the Time Machine backupdata on these AFP shares.

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[TN#007] Announcing remote Netatalk AFP servers with Avahi

NetAFP — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:44:28 +0000

Let’s assume that we are advertising for a Netatalk server at IP address 192.168.1.100, named “Netatalk-Server”.

First off, let’s create a hosts entry for Avahi in the /etc/avahi/hosts file:

192.168.1.100 Netatalk-Server.local

You’ll always want to use the .local domain for Mac OS X compatibility. Even if you have a FQDN, use .local

Next, we need [...]

Status of Netatalk and AFP support by NAS vendor, update

NetAFP — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:41:55 +0000

Apparently all NAS vendors have updated to Netatalk 2.2.x for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility.

So now it’s up to you whether you want to go for a vendor that funds and supports (Drobo, Lacie, Netgear, QNAP, Thecus) Netatalk development or with one of the others.

If you want to run your [...]

[TN#005] 10.7 LION, Time Machine and Netatalk/AFP

NetAFP — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:19:52 +0000

The state of Apple’s Time Machine in Lion

Affected Operating Systems:

Mac OS X Lion 10.7.0 Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1

Time Machine Symptoms:

TM reports backup verification failed and wants to restart from scratch TM restore not working TM process “Prepare Backup” takes longer than expected TM reports incorrectly the amount of time left [...]

[TN#006] Fix Time Machine Sparsebundle

NetAFP — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:18:37 +0000

Link.

Open Letter to the Netatalk Community

NetAFP — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:02:17 +0000

OPEN LETTER TO THE NETATALK COMMUNITY Making money from Opensource, but who makes the source ?

We love Netatalk. We want to dedicate 100% of our time to it. We have to pay our bills and rents. We’re striving to establish a healthy business dedicated to the development and support of a robust and reliable AFP [...]

NetAFP Netatalk 2.2.0 is available

NetAFP — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:52:39 +0000

NetAFP Netatalk 2.2.0 is available for customers from the downloads page. All new installations are encouraged to use this version for deployment.

Status of Netatalk and AFP support by NAS vendor

NetAFP — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:27:50 +0000

This article is outdated, please refer to the updated article.

Outdated article

Looking for a NAS device with good AFP support for your Macs? We’ve filed a list by vendor showing the Netatalk version the vendor is using in his latest offering and firmware. The list is periodically updated, if you know are aware of [...]

Native Mac OS X Admin-App

NetAFP — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:33:24 +0000

…coming soon!

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