Hey Chris, I have done (several times) what sounds like you need to do shortly. The coolest project that I did was server recycling. The company that called me was running into a luxurious problem - their business was growing 200%+ faster than predicted. Their DB2 Database servers were severly under sized (hind sight is 20/20) and were too new to write off.
They bought a new - huge - monster for a server and we moved the database to that machine. We then used the ex-database server, plus a couple of extra hefty HDD's in a RAID 5 configuration and set up RH7.3 with Apache for the intranet, and Samba for file and print services (home drives and profiles are stored here), and does it's own backup every night at 02:00. That server has been running almost 450 days non-stop with only one 1 hour down time 2 weeks after the install to swap out the tape unit after it ate 2 tapes - two nights in a row. This server has it pretty easy and does what it is supposed to do without breaking a sweat. Hope this helps Arden PS the planning, sizing, server ordering, putting it all together, testing, and moving it into production took just under 4 weeks. On Sep 9, 2003 9:11 PM, Chris W. Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone. > > We are getting close to needing some extra storage on our network and I > am doing a little research on our options right now. > > Originally I thought it would be a good idea to just get another > computer with some big HD's and put Windows 2000 Professional on it, > then share all the directories necessary. But then I got to reading > about a NAS device and thought that maybe THAT would be a BETTER idea. > The idea behind a NAS (afaik) is that a full blown operating system is > not necessary and therefore a much scaled down version would suffice if > the purpose of the server is to just server files. > > So then I thought it would be a good idea to just install RedHat 8 (or > 9) on this new server and use Samba to share the files to the Windows > computers. I'm thinking that this would be a better idea than a NAS > because there wouldn't be the cost of license for the os, and you could > probably scale down Linux much further than you could Windows (not > totally sure about that though). > > To make a long story short (or is it too late for that?) I'd like to > know what the people on the list have to say about that. In particular, > are there any Windows houses out there that use Linux as just a file > server? > > > Looking forward to your feedback. > > Chris. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > Regards / Met vriendelijke groet, Arden B. Norder Nordix Consulting en Automatisering Menno van Coehoornstraat 12 Sloten, 8556 AR THE NETHERLANDS Mob: +31 (0) 6 2148 7568 Tel: +31 (0) 514 531 382 Fax: +31 (0) 514 531 197 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or distributing it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, these files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the Nordix mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------
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