Hi Steven.
> Hi, I am about to put together a system (got all the parts in Friday!)
> and I was wondering before I install Redhat 6.1 Secure server (machine
> is going to be a WINS, Samba, DHCP, NIS+ server for about 45
> workstations, only TCP/IP used ).
>
> Machine is a ASUS P2B-DS Motherboard, 2 Pentium III 500's, 256 Meg ECC
> Ram, 8 Meg Diamond v550, Fujitsu 10k 9.1 Gig Ultra2Wide SCSI, 40x CD,
> Intel 10/100 EtherPro all in a Full tower.
Isn't this kinda overkill ?
> Ok, so my question is this. Should I just let Redhat do its stock
> Server install and then update the Samba RPMS.
Do a custom install. That way you make sure you get what you're after,
for example I never install X on a server.
I MIGHT throw in the necessary files to start up and throw an X session
remote but never to do it locally, X takes juice unfortunately.
> Would the "server install" created partitions be the best performance
> wise for this setup?
Most probably not. Do it custom.
> I have used several servers but always just made two partitions (/ and
> swap), probably not the best secure or performance wise.
Do a 32MB /boot, use maybe 1GB /, maybe 1GB /usr, take 1GB for /var
(logs, etc),
make /tmp whatever suits you best, use 512MB for swap and the rest for
/home as I gather your users will have files in their home directories ?
That leaves 5GB for /home, which depending on what you're after, should
be enough.
> Thanks for anything.
You're welcome.
// Stefan
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