Re: India's Premiere FOSS Event - foss.in

[Shashanka Buduguntae]

Hi,

I currently run a small (12 nodes) small office network. Currently, it is a windows  "workgroup" with the fileserver running win xp. I'd like to move the fileserver to linux with SAMBA. The fileserver currently also acts as an internet gateway for all systems on the network. It would be nice if the lniux server could be set up as an internet gateway/proxy. Currently, with the network being a windows "workgroup", there is no primary domain controller. It would be preferable to set up the fileserver itself  as a PDC and performing authentication functions as well. I also want suggestions for  backup software (Preferably to CDR/CDRW)
 The load on the system will be modest, with most files served being < 1 MB office docs.

Can anyone give me tips to implement the changeover? Any expected pitfalls? What would be the minimum hardware configuration of the server to handle the load?


Thanks in advance,

Shashanka