I work in a call
center, and support about 350 workstations, all running various versions of
Windows. We are using a file server that has Win98. I am working on a proposal
to change to a Linux file server.
At this point, the
company standard is Windows. We have one Red Hat print server, and some dialers
running either Unix or SCO.
I've looked at a lot
of distros, and have decided to try running Debian. I have a couple of
questions. If someone can help me out, it would be greatly
appreciated.
We have a dialer
program that was written in Visual Basic. When started on each work station, it
reads a config file on the file server and starts the program. At various times
during the calls being worked, different amounts of information are written to
files on the file server. The file server also houses various spreadsheets and
Access databases used by managers throughout the center, which they access and
modify frequently throughout the day.
How many concurrent
connections would be possible on a file server running Debian? Is it a limited
number?
Also, does Debian
provide for easy setup and administration of the file server (creating
directories and setting up permissions, etc) through the GUI
(KDE)?
I'm new to Linux,
and don't know that I would be able to administer this system from the command
line at this point. My hope is to get a Linux file server running to show it's
stability and reliability, and move toward more Linux solutions in the future.
It will also be a good chance for me to become more proficient with Linux, and
possibly be able to get the company to help out with my
training.
Thanks,
Ken
