Acronis ExtremeZ-IP

What is Acronis ExtremeZ-IP?

Have harmony in your business: a secure network serving Mac computers and PCs

Apple is growing rapidly in the business world – Mac growth is a long way from Windows PCs. Not only in their traditional markets, such as advertising, publishing, entertainment and education, but also in other types of companies such as financial services, factories and pharmaceuticals, for example.

In a large number of companies the Macintosh is being used by employees, driven by IT departments and by the "bring your own device" trend.

Mac is becoming an important part of enterprise TIs, and as a result, file access and printing capabilities are now critical.

Mac computers offer a rich user experience that improves employee productivity and efficiency. And with Acronis ExtremeZ-IP, IT administrators can easily manage Mac users within their server and storage environments. This leads to high productivity and efficiency for Mac users, opening the business to these users in a fully transparent way, while making life easier for IT administrators.

It's very easy with Acronis ExtremeZ-IP from Acronis

With simple installation and configuration processes, Acronis ExtremeZ-IP empowers IT to integrate Mac computers into existing Windows infrastructure, allowing Mac users to have the same access to Windows files and print servers as PC users, no IT headaches, incessant connections to the help desk, or no access to corrupted files. Also, with the new Acronis ExtremeZ-IP 8.0, IT can now make files available on NAS devices. This greatly extends mac user productivity and IT organization in increasing access to a larger number of storage units within the enterprise. And everything still controlled by Active Directory.

With more than a decade of experience and more than 7,000 companies around the world, ExtremeZ-IP has become an industry standard for its transparency in integrating Macs into enterprise environments. Acronis ExtremeZ-IP is the solution chosen by thousands of production streams and is the only Windows AFP server being actively maintained since 1999.

Compatibility

• ExtremeZ-IP eliminates problems with file corruption, permissions, and applications in mismatch, and file disappearance.
• ExtremeZ-IP allows Mac users to have the same access to files and print capabilities as Windows users.
• ExtremeZ-IP includes support for Mac features such as Time Machine backup and Network Spotlight full content search.
• ExtremeZ-IP is still the only Windows server to be fully compatible with Mac OS X AFP protocol protocols.
• Speed and Performance
• ExtremeZ-IP consistently allows better performance than integrated solutions such as client SMB.
• ExtremeZ-IP delivers the best performance and confidence in the market for Mac users.
• Management and Security
• For the IT organization, management is made easier and security is maintained with active directory integration.
• ExtremeZ-IP gives access to DFS files for Macs running OS X 10.5 or newer.
• Mac users continue the Mac experience, resulting in a reduction of calls to the Help Desk, giving you more time to focus on other projects.
• Reduce calls to the Help Desk

Features and Benefits

The ExtremeZ-IP server gives AFP access to files on other NAS storage devices.

Only ExtremeZ-IP gives you advanced features and possibilities that ensure compatibility, reliable performance and maintain mac user integrity.

With more than a decade of experience and more than 7,000 companies around the world, ExtremeZ-IP has become the industry standard for its transparency in integrating Macs into enterprise environments empowering Mac users and simplifying IT administration and management. ExtremeZ-IP is the solution chosen by thousands of production streams and is the only Windows AFP server being actively maintained since 1999.

Self-Service File Restore for Mac Computers

Do you use the Microsoft Volume Shadows Copy Service (VSS) to enable your Windows users to restore server-based files? Are you planning to implement this feature but have Mac and Windows users in your company?

Until now, the ability to auto restore files was limited to Windows users. ShadowConnect is the only application available that brings this functionality to Mac computers.

With ShadowConnect, Mac users can now have the flexibility to browse and restore files in Windows directly from the familiar OS X Finder interface. *

ShadowConnect is the perfect solution to allow Mac users to avoid the Help Desk and gain instant access to previous versions of their modified and deleted files.

ShadowConnect gives you the necessary files now

Your company can use ShadowConnect to:

• Enable Mac users to restore earlier versions of modified and deleted files directly from their computers.
• Increase productivity by allowing users instant access to the files they need.
• Reduce the number of Help Desk incidents for backup center file restores.
• Allow common platforms for Volume Shadow Copy and accesses through Mac and Windows.
• Why ShadowConnect
• Only ShadowConnect can:
• Allow Mac users to restore earlier versions of files and folders.
• Extend VSS restore functionality beyond that offered by Windows, allowing users to directly browse and restore files that have been deleted from a folder.
• Show previous versions of files and folders the way Mac users expect, using the Finder Interface integration, Cover Flow navigation, and Quick Look views.
• ShadowConnect is included in the ExtremeZ-IP server and requires ExtremeZ-IP to be installed to access earlier versions of the Windows server. A free Mac app is also required to browse and restore previous versions.

System Requirements for ExtremeZ-IP

Take a closer look at "under the hood" of ExtremeZ-IP, the most reliable solution for complete compatibility between Mac desktops and Windows servers. While below are the minimum system requirements, those recommended for a more specific implementation may vary. Please consult your ExtremeZ-IP team if you have questions or need assistance.

System requirements:

File server and printing:

Windows Server Platforms: 2012 (inc. Essentials), 2008 (including R2), 2003 (including R2), Windows Storage Server, Windows Powered NAS *

not compatible with: Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

Windows Professional Platforms: Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP Pro, XP Embedded *

Minimum processor - Pentium 4; Minimum RAM - 1 GB

TCP/IP-based switched network provides the best performance – 100BaseT or 1000BaseT

ExtremeZ-IP volumes must be on NTFS * Please contact an Acronis sales team if you need support for older versions of Microsoft Windows. File server on client: No additional software is not available for file sharing.

Mac OS Classic

Mac OS X

Mac OS X 10.2.3 or later supported

Mac OS X 10.3 or later recommended

Mac OS X 10.3.5 or later recommended for single sign-on/Kerberos support

Mac OS X 10.4 or later required for Zidget support

Mac OS X 10.5 or later required for DFS support and Network Spotlight Support AppleTalk is not available without Windows XP Pro.

For file servers, Apple Talk is used by Chooser on Mac OS 8/9 to discover files, but there are alternative methods based on TCP/IP.

File server on client:

Optional for basic printing, required for a Print Accounting feature

Mac OS Classic

Mac OS 9.0 or later

Mac OS X

Mac OS X 10.3 or later recommended

Mac OS X 10.4 or later required to support Zidget Print Accounting is not compatible with applications running in 64-bit mode on Mac OS X 10