ExtremeZ-IP 4.0 (Released: December 2004)

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ExtremeZ-IP 4.0 (Released: December 2004)
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ExtremeZ-IP 4.0 (Released: December 2004)
ENHANCEMENTS:
* New Product Architecture: introduces a new architecture that eliminates delays for indexing at start up and provides high performance and scalability while maintaining efficient memory usage. [#2771]
The new architecture delivers the following benefits:
* Immediate startup: eliminates delays for indexing at startup and shutdown, improving availability and providing immediate failover in clustered environments. NOTE: If you install ExtremeZ-IP 4.0 over a previous version, it will automatically convert the previous index the first time it starts. This process will take approximately as long as indexing did for your particular server using the previous version. After this one-time conversion, startup will be immediate.
* Dramatically reduced memory usage: uses significantly less memory than previous versions, which improves the performance of the ExtremeZ-IP File Server as well as other server applications and removes memory as a limit to the number of files that can be shared.
* Share an unlimited number of files: easily shares millions of files to hundreds of users in heavy production use.
* Tune memory usage per volume: provides the flexibility to allocate memory to optimize performance for individual volume requirements.
* New fine grain locking: improves performance of the server under load by migrating key bottlenecks from a "single lock" approach to a fine grain locking strategy
* Kerberos Logins: Adds support for the Kerberos standard for single sign-on authentication, making it ExtremeZ-IP the first and only Windows AppleShare (AFP) server to support this powerful security and productivity feature. Kerberos provides single sign-on authentication between Mac OS X clients and all Windows file servers managed by Active Directory. With this new feature, a user signs into Mac OS X by entering their username and password only once, and then has access to all other Kerberos compatible file servers managed by Active Directory without having to sign on again. [#3127]
* Active/Active Clustering: ExtremeZ-IP now offers optional support for Active/Active Clustering under Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Advanced Server. The new architecture of 4.0 provides fast failover with no delay for indexing at startup to provide the most possible uptime. Clients running Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) will “automatically reconnect” to the file server after failover, maximizing user productivity. ExtremeZ-IP File Server 4.0 supports clusters with multiple nodes (2, 3, 4, & beyond). Further, the product supports multiple virtual servers on each node with each virtual server running in its own memory space, enabling advanced configurations required for server consolidation and other virtualization strategies. [#3879]
* Added the ability to simultaneously open and use multiple windows within the Administrator. [#825]
* Added an option to the Administrator's user interface to allow configuration of the option to "Notify Mac Clients of Password Expiration". Previously this was controlled via a registry key [#1386]
* Can now sort by any column in the following Administrator windows: Users, Volumes, Print Queues, Files. [#2622]
* The EZIPUTIL command-line interface supports two additional options: /Suspend and /Restart options. Enter "EZIPUTIL VOLUME /INFO" from the command-line for information more information. [#2690]
* Removed the debug logging user interface. Debug logging is now controlled entirely by registry entries. [#3379]
* Added an option to disable logging of the message "Memory settings for this server are not optimized correctly". [#2274]
This feature can be configured from the following registry entry:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ExtremeZ-IP\Parameters4\NonRefreshable
Key: LogMemorySettingsNotOptimized
Default: On
Refreshable: No
* When a print job fails and takes the queue off-line, selecting Resume Queue Processing now suspends the bad job automatically. [#2587]
* Improved representation of long file names for Mac OS 9 clients. Previously for files with names longer than 31 characters, ExtremeZ-IP converted the name to an 11-character name (DOS 8.3 format). ExtremeZ-IP now returns a more meaningful name truncated to 31 characters. [#3269]
* Added ability to configure the size of the node table cache. The cache contains a list of information about files that are being shared. Setting a different cache size allows you to adjust the tradeoff between performance and memory usage. ExtremeZ-IP retains information in RAM for the most recently accessed files, up to the limit specified. If a Mac user requests a file that is not in the node table cache, ExtremeZ-IP goes to disk to retrieve the information and stores it in the node table. If the maximum cache size has been reached, ExtremeZ-IP discards the oldest entry in the node table. You can specify the maximum size in the Cache Size text box of the File Server Settings dialog. It is recommended that you keep the node table cache set to the default 20MB unless advised to modify the setting by Group Logic support. [#3872]
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