RE: Secure Fileserver
Have you looked at Network Appliance? IF you have a budget, they are sweet machines. Not only do they support CIFS and NFS, but you can mount drives from Win machines so that the win machines think that they are local drives. Duncan -Original Message- From: Matthias Kerstner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Secure Fileserver Hello list. I need your advice for a secure OS in my NT-environment. Currently we are running 8 machines (NT, SP6) that are connected to an Novell Dataserver, which also serves as a proxy. Now since our network capabilities have to grow, I decided to set up a different OS on the server. Therefore I need your suggestions which OS (Windoze preferred) are suitable for my configuration. This OS must also be able to perform backups on daily basis Any recommendations are welcome! Thanks! Kindly regards, - matt
RE: Secure Fileserver
Matt, I don't only want to toot Microsoft's horn, but I would suggest Windows 2000 Server (or Advanced Server if needed). MS has made some good strides with integrating a greater level of security in Win2k. With the policies you can create, Kerberos, and the usual file and user security (just to name some of the options), it is a good alternative. I personally wouldn't suggest rolling out XP due to the FBI Software Advisory release a month or so ago advising that organizations hold off on installing XP in their network environment due to security vulnerabilities that exist within the OS. While MS claims to have resolved them, I'm not dazzled with XP and have no intent of installing it on my network any time soon. In actuality, I've only rolled out 2k within the last few months and am very happy with the way it has performed and the options it presents to me as an admin. And yes, it allows for centralized backup of the network, but I always try to shy away from an MS backup software. I use and prefer Veritas. So, that is my suggestion. Good luck! Bejon -Original Message- From: Matthias Kerstner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 2:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Secure Fileserver Hello list. I need your advice for a secure OS in my NT-environment. Currently we are running 8 machines (NT, SP6) that are connected to an Novell Dataserver, which also serves as a proxy. Now since our network capabilities have to grow, I decided to set up a different OS on the server. Therefore I need your suggestions which OS (Windoze preferred) are suitable for my configuration. This OS must also be able to perform backups on daily basis Any recommendations are welcome! Thanks! Kindly regards, - matt
RE: Secure Fileserver
I would probably put another box with Novell on it. Get the ArcServIT for Novel to do the backups. From what I have seen, Novell does a better job as a file and print server. Plus NT has too many loose holes. Heath Calhoun -Original Message- From: Matthias Kerstner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 4:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Secure Fileserver Hello list. I need your advice for a secure OS in my NT-environment. Currently we are running 8 machines (NT, SP6) that are connected to an Novell Dataserver, which also serves as a proxy. Now since our network capabilities have to grow, I decided to set up a different OS on the server. Therefore I need your suggestions which OS (Windoze preferred) are suitable for my configuration. This OS must also be able to perform backups on daily basis Any recommendations are welcome! Thanks! Kindly regards, - matt
