Sounds like you won't be using the server for much more than samba, which once configured should run solid ad infinitum. I think gnome-setup-tools has simple interface to samba. However (almost) everything is controlled by one file in practicse, (/etc/samba/smb.conf) and configurations can be made in there, or it can be administered through SWAT (samba web admin tool). Not lots of command line stuff after all. Backups would be your only other issue. ( I use cpbk and rdist, but there is a plethora of options, though not in the msbackup sense of the word).
Infact if you're running access databases, as mdb files (not sql server/msde) then you're probably better off, as samba offers much more flexibility than the windows programs in controlling op-locks, which are a bug bear for multi user access files, and linux/samba has been the only way the problem can be solved in some cases. NT's oplock settin are very inflexible, and last I checked XP's non-existant (though that was xp beta). Just my $.02 Glenn On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 03:37, Ken Hansen wrote: > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
