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Graham Perrin

Comparing performance: Cyberduck and FileZilla (FTP) and CurlFtpFS (with MacFusion) - ... - 0 views

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performance FTP CurlFtpFS SSHFS SFTP compare

shared by Graham Perrin on 16 Nov 08 - Cached
  • A meaningful comparison of clients should incude full understanding of associated servers
  • Not all FTP servers are equal
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 16 Nov 08
       
      Not all SFTP servers are equal. And so on…
  • MacFusion does connect to FTP servers, but MacFusion is not directly comparable to FTP clients
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 16 Nov 08
       
      Macfusion does connect to SFTP servers, using SSFHS (not to be confused with SFTP), but Macfusion is not directly comparable to SFTP clients. And so on…
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  • Not all FTP clients are equal
  • Graham Perrin on 16 Nov 08
     
    This discussion focused on FTP and CurlFtpFS. Similar comments may be made concerning SFTP and SSHFS.
Graham Perrin

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2009 Filesystem in Userspace

shared by Graham Perrin on 17 Jan 09 - Cached
  • MacFUSE provides a flexible and adaptive mechanism to handle extended attributes (including things such as Finder Info, Resource Forks, and ACLs)
  • extended attributes as Apple Double (._) files
  • all or only some extended attributes
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  • To properly support ACLs, a user-space file system must correctly handle the com.apple.system.Security extended attribute
  • MacFUSE supports Mac OS X access control lists (ACLs)
  • With auto_xattr, the kernel will /always/ use ._ files
  • MacFUSE limits volume access to the user that mounted the volume
  • blanket denial is a first line of defense
  • allow_other to turn the blanket denial off
  • not a means of distributed file sharing
  • SFTP is merely a utility
  • create a true distributed file system based on MacFUSE
  • nolocalcaches makes the operating system work in an abnormal mode
  • relevant code paths may not have been well tested
  • overhead
  • file operations could end up being /much/ slower
  • SFTP provides no synchronization or locking
Graham Perrin

FAQ - macfuse - Google Code - Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) - 0 views

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Finder performance 2008 Filesystem in Userspace

shared by Graham Perrin on 14 Nov 08 - Cached
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  • I mounted a MacFUSE volume but I don't see a volume icon on the Desktop
  • I mounted a MacFUSE volume but I don't see a volume icon in the Finder's sidebar
  • sshfs isn't meant to replace things such as NFS, AFP, and SMB
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  • a substitute when you don't have any remote file sharing access to a computer, but you do have sftp access
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 26 May 09
       
      A rich experience, with which users of Apple Finder and Mac OS X are accustomed, can not be guaranteed within the limitations of a protocol such as FTP.
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 26 May 09
       
      Hint: Finder does very much more than simply transfer files. Much of the Finder experience, which users (naturally) take for granted, is thanks to extensive use of extended attributes and metadata.
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 26 May 09
       
      Users of FTP, SFTP and SHH services: please, pay attention! The best marriage of Apple Finder and Mac OS X to a remote file system is: Apple Filing Protocol (AFP).
  • MacFUSE allows access to a volume only to the user who mounted the volume. All other users, including the superuser is denied access
  • nontrivial user-space file systems can still be complex, and their performance/behavior can depend upon numerous factors besides MacFUSE itself
  • When in doubt, feel free to post your questions on the macfuse group
  • MacFUSE itself isn't a distributed remote file system
Graham Perrin

Cyberduck support for resource forks and extended attributes - 0 views

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SFTP FTP xattr extended attribute resource fork

shared by Graham Perrin on 16 Nov 08 - Cached
  • What about extended attributes and other things that may result in ._ dot underscore files?
  • resolution set to wontfix
  • Graham Perrin on 16 Nov 08
     
    A question concerning extended attributes was not answered; the ticket was closed. "Won't fix."
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SSHFS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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shared by Graham Perrin on 26 May 09 - Cached
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  • SSHFS (SSH Filesystem)
  • allows access to a remote file system where files and directories are available via SFTP
  • Compatibility and limitations
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