Services for Macintosh Not Supported in a Cluster Environment

ID: Q243839

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SUMMARY

Services for Macintosh (SFM) is not supported when it is installed on a shared cluster array. In Windows NT 4.0, this is because of architectural restraints imposed by AppleTalk. In Windows 2000, SFM is not supported because SFM maintains state information in memory. Specifically, the Macintosh volume index is located in paged pool memory. Using SFM in clustered mode is not supported and may result in data loss.

MORE INFORMATION

You may be able to use a Macintosh if you use a third-party Server Message Block (SMB) client for Macintosh. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161870 Maximum Files on SFM Volume Limited by Paged Pool Memory

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Additional query words: mscs

Keywords : kbenv kbpolicy ntmac
Version : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo