Thanks, I forgot to mention tape back-up! and as for MS Support([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?) > >-- > Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ > > Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? > He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >