AccessNFS Gateway
The superior NFS gateway for
Windows NT/2000/2003 integration
 
AccessNFS Gateway enables companies with a large Windows user base to purchase client seats depending on the number required to cover user demand at any given time. This allows you to dramatically reduce disk, memory, and administration expenses associated with installing an NFS client on every node!
With AccessNFS Gateway, a Windows NT or Windows 2000/2003
Server attaches to file and print resources using the industry-standard NFS protocol, then re-shares these devices with the Microsoft network as standard Windows networking SMB connections. Administrators gain centralized network control, and when it's time to upgrade, they need only update the server. Users gain easy, secure, and transparent access to NFS resources without learning new commands. Files remain on the NFS host system, so Windows and UNIX users gain access to files without duplicating data. Individual Windows user identities are mapped to NFS accounts as they are passed through the Gateway, ensuring security and maintaining file access privileges. With the ease and transparency of Gateway, SSC sets a new standard for integrating mixed networking environments. This Windows NT and 2000/2003 Server-based product is offered in configurations for 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and unlimited user client seats - a flexible and cost-effective solution to your NFS client needs.
Features & Benefits
- Zero RAM NFS client access provides NFS access without the cost, administration, or time associated with installing an NFS client on every seat
- NFS account control dovetails with Windows NT Server/domain security, providing centralized control and eliminating the clear-text password transmissions common in PC NFS network environments
- Access to NFS resources allows clients of Windows NT Servers to have pass-through access to UNIX or other NFS-based file systems and print services
- Packet-Smart feature tunes packet transmissions to individual NFS server characteristics, dramatically reducing packet count on NFS transfers and improving performance on a server-by-server basis
- Runs at the most privileged CPU mode (ring 0), placing file processes at a level equal to native Windows NT file systems
- NFS access can be limited to the addresses of designated gateway servers so that the possibility of unauthorized system access to NFS data is greatly reduced
- Supports NFS version 3.0 and NFS version 2.0 protocols, allowing Windows clients to work simultaneously with differing NFS servers and at maximum performance levels
- Uses Microsoft's native TCP/IP protocol stack and utilities, ensuring quick installation, broad support for network adapters, and the fewest compatibility problems with third-party applications
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"Both (AccessNFS Gateway and DiskAccess) offer new and unique features in any combined UNIX-NT environment....Both are excellent choices for accommodating access to NFS servers."
"... AccessNFS Gateway [is] a must for Network File System sites.... unique AccessNFS Gateway eliminates the need for individual NFS client software. PC Week Labs recommends this product to any site that uses NFS."
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