FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Berkeley, California-Xinet, Inc., has announced performance enhancements to their AppleShare file servers for UNIX hosts. The enhancements to K-AShare(R) and FullPress(TM), coupled with Apple's new AppleShare Workstation 3.6 software, increase the speed of file transfers initiated by the Finder by up to 40%. These Apple protocol performance enhancements provide high-speed file transfers without relying on non-Apple supported, third-party software. Using a typical Macintosh on Ethernet, Xinet has observed transfer rates of 500 to 600 KB/second.
The majority of enhancements come from changes on the Macintosh client. These include read-ahead and write-behind caches in the AppleShare workstation and larger I/O buffers in the Finder. Xinet is making these enhancements, and the new client, available to its customers via K-AShare version 8.05 and FullPress version 8.03. K-AShare is an AFP- compatible file server for UNIX hosts. It enables a UNIX host to act as an AppleShare server for Macintosh users. FullPress is an Open Prepress Interface (OPI) server completely integrated with a set of network applications.
Xinet has been developing and marketing UNIX to Macintosh connectivity solutions since 1985. The company specializes in client/server solutions that allow Macintoshes and UNIX systems to work together efficiently and reliably. Xinet is a privately held company with offices in Berkeley, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Macintosh and AppleShare are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of X/Open Ltd. Xinet and K-AShare are registered trademarks, and FullPress is a trademark of Xinet, Inc.