FileCatalyst Direct has received some new features and improvements. The latest version available as a production release is now 2.7.3, and is available for immediate download from your download page. Please contact your representative if you need more details on how to download and/or upgrade.

New to FileCatalyst 2.7.3:

• I/O tests to identify maximum write speed for available hardware (help identify bottlenecks at the hardware level)
  • User home directory at FileCatalyst Server location
  • At the HotFolder directory (often but not always end-user location)
• Improvements to user listings, including responsiveness and filtering
• Multiple Active Directory and OpenLDAP directory servers for authentication
• Optimization to improve throughput of single connection transfer speeds
• Improvements to connection concurrency: more concurrent users possible; admin may hard-limit number of concurrent connections
• Improvements to Command Line Interface usage and documentation
• Aggressive releasing of Delta transfers and related resources
• Ability to bind specific IP address on the server
• Regular expressions available for filtering on HotFolder tasks
• Improvements to Java Applets:
  • sendLogsToURL variable improved
  • added transfer mode display (UDP/FTP/HTTP)
  • added JavaScript call to modify remoteDir
• Auto-detection of network settings no longer needs ICMP to be enabled
• Improvements to memory handling and resource management

Also worth noting is that both HotFolder and Server documentation (when selecting "Help" from the application itself; not the QuickStart guide) have new and improved Performance Tuning sections. This new section is a must-read for anyone interested in knowing what bottlenecks might be holding them back, or how to squeeze the most out of their transfer.