Distribution Point migration query (Xserve > NAS)

[donmontalvo]

We are testing migration of our Distribution Points that were previously hosted on Apple Xserves. The new Distribution Point shares are on NAS, which can only provide SMB sharing (no HTTP and no AFP).

Are there any gotchas in moving away from HTTP/AFP and onto only SMB for Casper? So far no issues with our testing, including pushing out the CS5 whole enchilada suites, strictly over SMB. Wanted to make sure we covered all bases so we don't get ourselves into a corner...will we be losing any functionality in moving to SMB only?

Thanks,
Don

[talkingmoose]

We've got a mixture of distribution points on ExtremeZ-IP Windows servers
On 8/24/11 2:54 PM, "Don Montalvo" <donmontalvo at gmail.com> wrote:
(AFP) and NetApp devices (SMB). No issues to report. Everything works fine
for us.

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William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492

[donmontalvo]

Awesome...so no real issues in losing HTTP?
Smith, William wrote:

Don

[bentoms · Accepted solution]

HTTP's main feature for me is resumable downloads.

But I do not use HTTP as it's slower than AFP/SMB.

Regards,

Ben.

[donmontalvo]

That's what I was hoping to hear. :)
On Aug 25, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Ben Toms wrote:

Thanks,
Don

[talkingmoose]

We've never had a need for it ourselves, so no loss.
On 8/25/11 2:28 PM, "Don Montalvo" <donmontalvo at gmail.com> wrote:

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William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492