Re: Network File Server
Thanks,
I forgot to mention tape back-up!
and as for MS Support(!!#@$*)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Tuesday, 5 January 1999 6:42
Subject: Re: Network File Server
>"Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd" <auswetbl@mail.austasia.net> writes:
>
>> We are just about to go ahead and upgrade our network. All machines are
Wx89
>> workstations. We were going to use NT Server as a file server but since
>> using Debian i thought about Linux as a file server. I'm sure lots of you
>> out there are doing this so any suggestions (hardware, software packages)
>> and comments (problems etc) would be a appreciated. I was going to get
>> something like a 686 300MMX 128MB RAM 32X CDROM UPS etc.
>
>That's probably over-specced even for an NT file server. ;-) Besides
>what you've listed, you should go for an all-SCSI system, not IDE, and
>you'll need some kind of tape backup. You should make sure you get a
>10/100 Mbs Ethernet card, even if you only have a 10 Mbs network at
>the moment.
>
>For software, you'll want to use Samba as the file server. You can
>also use this as a print server, and together with LPRng and cti-ifhp
>it works quite well with HP-compatible laser printers.
>
>(Would you have gotten a reply this fast from MS support on a statutory
>holiday?)
>
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