| Re: Foxtrot Pro with Synology NAS [message #351 is a reply to message #350] |
Tue, 17 November 2015 09:31  |
Nico Bos
Messages: 2
Registered: November 2015
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Hi Dan,
Thanks for your reply, much appreciated!
Nico
On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 10:47:02 AM UTC+1, Dan Cooper wrote:
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> Hi Nico
>
> We have a Synology NAS with 15 Macs and 2 PC's connecting with both AFP
> and SMB
>
> I found on the Mac side Foxtrot is pretty much the only software that will
> search the Synology - this was after a lot of searching for solutions and
> trying to get an answer out of Synology why Macs cannot search them (they
> were less than useless)
>
> When it works it works very well, even giving previews of documents. But I
> have found some issues along the way with connection to the index, but that
> could be network issues our end.
>
> Saying that the Foxtrot guys are good and do read these posts and the app
> is updated regularly
>
> In my opinion Foxtrot should be better advertised to get more revenue in
> so they can tweak it faster. We can help with that guys!!!
>
> On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 10:55:58 AM UTC, Nico Bos wrote:
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>> Hello Jean Michel,
>>
>> We are planning on moving production data from our Mac server to a
>> Synology NAS.
>> Since Spotlight will not work on a NAS and finding data is very
>> important, we are on the lookout for a solution that is able to index files
>> located on a NAS.
>> The NAS will be used as a old-fashioned fileserver, users mount the
>> share(s) on their Macs using AFP or SMB protocol.
>> We would like to know if Foxtrot Pro can be used in this setup.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Nico Bos
>>
>>
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