On Jul 1, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
Tim Roberts wrote:
Seemingly WebDAV would be a good choice for cross platform file
sharing.
Be sure to test this thoroughly before deploying it. We have very
bad experiences with webdav on 10.6. After using it for a while,
first the webdav mount and then gradually your whole computer
transforms itself into a zombie. Nothing, not even "sudo reboot"
will work any more; you have to shut down hard using the power
switch. This happens reliably with a webdav server that has no
problems whatsoever with 10.5 or 10.4.
Seconded. We actually use webDAV as the primary link to online
storage, courtesy of a Xythos server. While it offers sorely needed
and popular capabilities in file sharing and access control, the
performance falls short of what is expected for day to day office
use. I suspect the problems lie more with the limits of the protocol
than any one product. Also, we've run into problems similar to what
Martin Costabel mentions, and not just with 10.6 . We've ended up
recommending against mounting the drives on Macs in favor of a
browser applet based solution.
--
Sincerely,
Joshua See
Division of Technology Services
[email protected]
(715)425-3687
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