Editing Netatalk (section)

== Commercial use ==
Netatalk is (or was previously) integrated into a range of [[Network Attached Storage|NAS]] solutions, including Buffalo NAS systems, [[Exanet]] ExaStore,<ref>{{cite mailing list|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/netatalk/mailman/message/11716235/|access-date=2019-02-17|title=Netatalk / Re: &#91;Netatalk-admins&#93; Video Editing|author=P. V. Anthony|date=2005-09-19|mailing-list=netatalk-admins}}</ref> [[Iomega]]'s Home Media Network Hard Drive,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iomega.nas-central.org/wiki/Serial_port_%28Home_Media%29|title=Serial port (Home Media)|website=NAS-Central Iomega Wiki|access-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817110954/http://iomega.nas-central.org/wiki/Serial_port_(Home_Media)|archive-date=2018-08-17}}</ref> IXsystems TrueNAS, LaCie NAS OS, Lime Technology unRAID,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.unraid.net/Release_Notes|title=Release Notes|website=unRAID Wiki|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> Napp-it,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://napp-it.org/extensions/afp_en.html|title=napp-it // webbed ZFS NAS/SAN appliance for OmniOS, OpenIndiana and Solaris : Extensions|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> Netgear ReadyNAS, QNAP NAS, Synology DiskStation, Thecus NAS,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecus.com/Downloads/beta/N0204_FW_3.00.10.1.txt|title=N0204 beta firmware V3.00.10.1|website=Thecus|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> and more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netafp.com/status-of-netatalk-and-afp-support-by-nas-vendor-update-625/|title=Status of Netatalk and AFP support by NAS vendor, update|author=Ralph Böhme|date=September 22, 2011|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netafp.com/status-of-netatalk-and-afp-support-by-nas-vendor-322/|title=Status of Netatalk and AFP support by NAS vendor|author=Ralph Böhme|date=January 18, 2011|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref>

In 2010, a company called NetAFP run by a group of Netatalk maintainers started providing commercial support for enterprise deployments of Netatalk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netafp.com/netatalk-support/ |title=NetAFP Netatalk Support |date=15 August 2010 |website=NetAFP |publisher= |archive-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815022514/http://www.netafp.com/netatalk-support/ | access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> The company merged with German [[Samba (software)|Samba]] vendor ''SerNet'' in December 2013, signaling the end of commercial support for Netatalk in favor of [[Server Message Block|SMB]], which Apple had made the primary file sharing protocol with the release of [[Mac OS X Mavericks]] that same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sernet.de/en/news/news-detail/sernet-extends-apple-support-netatalk-joins-sernet |title=SerNet expands Apple Support – NetAFP joins SerNet |author=Ralph Böhme |date=11 December 2013 |website=SerNet |publisher=SerNet Service Network GmbH | access-date=11 January 2023 |quote=SerNet is joined by Ralph Böhme from NetAFP to further strengthen the SAMBA team. Böhme is the main developer of Netatalk, a free AFP implementation for Linux servers. [...] "Many users and manufacturers use Netatalk as Linux servers for Apple clients. Over the next two years, they need to migrate to SMB," says Ralph Böhme.}}</ref> The NetAFP website was shut down in early 2022.