Re: file server

2023-07-24 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:57:34 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: ... > Something like a second hand HP tower server - say a Z440 - and 7 x 18TB > drives I'm just curious, since I have a Z440 and it's a workstation, not a server, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have 7 drive bays: did you perhaps me

Re: file server

2023-07-15 Thread ce
On 7/12/23 06:09, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: and then merge them into one volume? mergerfs

Re: file server

2023-07-14 Thread Stuart Barkley
On July 12, 2023 10:09:13 AM UTC, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: >On 7/12/23, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: >> >> If your hardware supports 6 hard drives (5*18T + your 2T), you can use >> lvm for merging 5 of them to one volume, or create raid0 by mdadm. >> Some risks with plain disk merging - if one of

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread David Christensen
On 7/12/23 02:44, lina wrote: Dear all, My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them into one volume? or get a file server? What is the best option for me, and

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 11:00:30AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:07 AM jeremy ardley wrote: > > > > On 12/7/23 17:44, lina wrote: > > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, > > > > > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > > > On this scal

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread debian-user
> > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > > > > > > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and > > > > then > > merge them > > > > into one volume? > > > &

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
and reusable. Andy > > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them > > > into one volume? > > > or get a file server? > > > What is the best option for me, and what is the budget? > > > > Two questions: > > > >

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
lina wrote: > Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished > analyzing, I can just remove it. OK. If your computer has sufficient physical space and SATA interfaces, you can install 5 x 18TB or 5 x 20TB or however many disks that you like, and use mdadm in linear or s

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:07 AM jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 12/7/23 17:44, lina wrote: > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, > > > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > On this scale it's almost certainly easier and cheaper to use a cloud > provider who can pro

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread lina
lyze data. > > > > > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then > merge them > > > into one volume? > > > or get a file server? > > > What is the best option for me, and what is the budget? > > >

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
data. > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them > into one volume? > or get a file server? > What is the best option for me, and what is the budget? Two questions: - do you have a backup plan in mind, or will yo

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread gene heskett
On 7/12/23 06:52, Dan Purgert wrote: On Jul 12, 2023, gene heskett wrote: On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : [...] 2 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIDhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) Unfortunately, I'm getting wikipedia's fancy 403 at that li

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread lina
to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them > > into one volume? > > or get a file server? > > What is the best option for me, and what is the budget? > > Two questions: > > - do

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Jul 12, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > > ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : > > [...] > > 2 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIDhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) > Unfortunately, I'm getting wikipedia's fancy 403 at that link? Seems it was doubled-

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Carl Fink
On 7/12/23 06:49, gene heskett wrote: On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd?

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread gene heskett
On 7/12/23 06:01, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd? and then merge them into one volume? I

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
lina wrote: > Dear all, > > My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, > > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them > into one volume? > or get a file server? > What

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 7/12/23, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : >> I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. >> I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, > > Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd? > >> and then merge them into one volume

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread jeremy ardley
On 12/7/23 17:44, lina wrote: My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. On this scale it's almost certainly easier and cheaper to use a cloud provider who can provide a good CPU and a large attached storage. I use AWS as a prov

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
ср, 12 июл. 2023 г. в 14:45, lina : > I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. > I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, Some primitive calcs: 5*18T = 90T, not 100T. Maybe you need 6 hdd? > and then merge them into one volume? If your hardware supports 6 hard drives (5*

file server

2023-07-12 Thread lina
Dear all, My computer only has 2 TB data storage capacity, I want to have 100 TB capacity to store/analyze data. I am thinking of adding 5 hard drives, each is 18TB, and then merge them into one volume? or get a file server? What is the best option for me, and what is the budget? Thanks so

Re: Excel shared spreadsheets on samba file server

2017-04-08 Thread Dan Purgert
Dante F B Colò wrote: > Hello everyone > > I 'm trying to find what it happens on my Samba AD servers especially > with shared spreadsheets, my personal opinion this feature on Excel is > crap and unreliable but many people use it, how does Samba currently > behave with this ? Is someone expe

Excel shared spreadsheets on samba file server

2017-04-06 Thread Dante F . B . Colò
Hello everyone I 'm trying to find what it happens on my Samba AD servers especially with shared spreadsheets, my personal opinion this feature on Excel is crap and unreliable but many people use it, how does Samba currently behave with this ? Is someone experienced any problem with this ? F

Excel shared spreadsheets on samba file server

2017-04-06 Thread Dante F . B . Colò
Hello everyone I 'm trying to find what it happens on my Samba AD servers especially with shared spreadsheets, my personal opinion this feature on Excel is crap and unreliable but many people use it, how does Samba currently behave with this ? Is someone experienced any problem with this ? F

Small ARM file server (was: A question about deleting a big file structure from a big disk in Jessie: Why does this work? I'm really worried.)

2015-04-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Stefan Monnier wrote: > (BTW, I now use a Banana Pi connected via ethernet as a "drive > enclosure" instead: it doesn't even consume more power than the > external power supply of my previous enclosure). I have been playing with the Banana Pi recently too. It is quite a nice little dual core ARM

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-12 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 21:50 Sat 12 Mar, Leonardo Ruoso (leonardo.ru...@gmail.com) wrote: > Is it all about running gedit? > > Although I can't imagine why you can't use vim, emacs or even nano from ssh > it's pretty possible to download a copy of the file, edit it with your > preferred editor and upload it back to

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-12 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 12.3.2011 23:50, Leonardo Ruoso wrote: > Is it all about running gedit? > > Although I can't imagine why you can't use vim, emacs or even nano from > ssh it's pretty possible to download a copy of the file, edit it with > your preferred editor and upload it back to the server. > I'm not the

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-12 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
Is it all about running gedit? Although I can't imagine why you can't use vim, emacs or even nano from ssh it's pretty possible to download a copy of the file, edit it with your preferred editor and upload it back to the server. Atenciosamente, Leonardo Ruoso (CE1921JP) . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-12 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-03-12, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > On 12.3.2011 2:57, Dan wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius = > wrote: >>> on 18:37 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius m>wrote: >>> xauth is required by xbase-clients. It

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-12 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 12.3.2011 2:57, Dan wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: >> on 18:37 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius >>> wrote: >> xauth is required by xbase-clients. It'll get installed with that. > > Should I then in

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Andrei Popescu put forth on 3/12/2011 4:10 AM: > On Vi, 11 mar 11, 19:42:47, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> If you want to make sure you get all the GUI tools you need without >> chasing them down individually after doing a text only install, simply >> do a standard desktop install but then set the defaul

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 11 mar 11, 19:42:47, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > If you want to make sure you get all the GUI tools you need without > chasing them down individually after doing a text only install, simply > do a standard desktop install but then set the default runlevel to 2. 2 *is* the default runlevel in Deb

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Dan put forth on 3/11/2011 2:41 PM: > Hi, > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think > that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to run remotely some > gnome X programs with ssh. Which package should I install to do this, only &g

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 16:07 Fri 11 Mar, shawn wilson (ag4ve...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Dan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think > > that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 19:57 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > on 18:37 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius > >> wrote: > > xauth is required by xbase-clients.  It'll get installed with t

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Dan
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 18:37 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > xauth is required by xbase-clients.  It'll get installed with that. Should I then install xbase-clients? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 18:37 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > > on 15:41 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Dan
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 15:41 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think > > that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to run

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 15:41 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think > that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to run remotely some > gnome X programs with ssh. Which package should I install to

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Erwan David
On 11/03/11 22:07, shawn wilson wrote: > if you want to run x windows apps, you need the x server (i think that's > just xserver-common). and you'll want to look at these in ssh_config: >ForwardX11 no >ForwardX11Trusted yes No you do not need the X server for running X applications remote

Re: File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread shawn wilson
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Dan wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think > that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to run remotely some > gnome X programs with ssh. Which package should I install to do this, on

File server without the Xserver

2011-03-11 Thread Dan
Hi, I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to run remotely some gnome X programs with ssh. Which package should I install to do this, only xauth or I also need xbase-clients plus the gnome programs? Is it

Re: File Server

2009-04-23 Thread Chris Davies
Lynn Kilroy wrote: > My goal is to use the linux machine as a rather expensive external > hard disk drive. You might want to consider OpenNAS (?), or one of the SLUGs that run a Linux distribution. But that's not Debian so maybe I shouldn't suggest it ;-) Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: File Server

2009-04-22 Thread Steven Demetrius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lynn Kilroy wrote: > I imagine this question has been answered lots of times, but I'll be > dumb and ask it again. > > I am setting up a Debian computer and hope to use it primarily as a file > server. This is for a network, a

Re: File Server

2009-04-22 Thread Jan Muszynski
Lynn Kilroy wrote: > I imagine this question has been answered lots of times, but I'll be > dumb and ask it again. > > I am setting up a Debian computer and hope to use it primarily as a file > server. This is for a network, and all the computers network together > throu

File Server

2009-04-22 Thread Lynn Kilroy
I imagine this question has been answered lots of times, but I'll be dumb and ask it again. I am setting up a Debian computer and hope to use it primarily as a file server. This is for a network, and all the computers network together through an ISDN router modem thingy. We hav

Re: file server admin.

2007-12-07 Thread David
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-12-04 12:02:44, schrieb David: Greetings all. I'm about to attempt configuring my first ever file server. It's based on an old HP E200 with three equally old SATA drives. I've done package searches on package descriptions and got a plethora of

Re: file server admin.

2007-12-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-12-04 12:02:44, schrieb David: > Greetings all. > > I'm about to attempt configuring my first ever file server. > It's based on an old HP E200 with three equally old SATA drives. > > I've done package searches on package descriptions and got a plethora of

file server admin.

2007-12-03 Thread David
Greetings all. I'm about to attempt configuring my first ever file server. It's based on an old HP E200 with three equally old SATA drives. I've done package searches on package descriptions and got a plethora of package names that may or may not have application to the s

Re: NFS File-server Oops

2007-11-18 Thread Strake
> > > I am running Debian 4.0 on a file-server, called bender, using NFS to > > serve the files, and a little while after I start to copy files to my > > server, my server's kernel oopses and the process on the client doing > > the copying hangs. > > > >

Re: NFS File-server Oops

2007-11-17 Thread Jamin W. Collins
Strake wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Debian 4.0 on a file-server, called bender, using NFS to > serve the files, and a little while after I start to copy files to my > server, my server's kernel oopses and the process on the client doing > the copying hangs. > >

NFS File-server Oops

2007-11-17 Thread Strake
Hi, I am running Debian 4.0 on a file-server, called bender, using NFS to serve the files, and a little while after I start to copy files to my server, my server's kernel oopses and the process on the client doing the copying hangs. Using stock kernel. The kernel according to `uname -r`: 2

Re: Build a NAS/file server for mirror existent backup

2007-08-17 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-08-12 12:28:39, schrieb Mirco Piccin: > Hi all. > I'd like to do NAS/File server. > > The aim is to have a remote machine where mirror all backup that reside on > the backup server and in another NAS (a LACIE ethernet disk). > This remote machine must have about 1

Re: Build a NAS/file server for mirror existent backup

2007-08-13 Thread Mirco Piccin
No suggests?

Build a NAS/file server for mirror existent backup

2007-08-12 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all. I'd like to do NAS/File server. The aim is to have a remote machine where mirror all backup that reside on the backup server and in another NAS (a LACIE ethernet disk). This remote machine must have about 1,5 TB of disk, possibly mirrored (RAID 1). I've not defined yet if use

Re: Advise and direction required: Network File Server Access

2007-06-26 Thread Nick Adie
Kevin Thanks, just got a little muddled and needed the fog clearing, Regards Nick On 6/26/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:45:18AM +0100, Nick Adie wrote: > Hi > > I have a Network File Server (Netgear NSLU2) which I would like to access f

Re: Advise and direction required: Network File Server Access

2007-06-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:45:18AM +0100, Nick Adie wrote: > Hi > > I have a Network File Server (Netgear NSLU2) which I would like to access from > my Debian Webserver, in order to store backups created via 'backup-manager'. > > I have read-up on samba and sbmclien

Advise and direction required: Network File Server Access

2007-06-26 Thread Nick Adie
Hi I have a Network File Server (Netgear NSLU2) which I would like to access from my Debian Webserver, in order to store backups created via 'backup-manager'. I have read-up on samba and sbmclient and am totally confused as to which one to install. Regards Nick

Re: Setting up a File Server

2005-11-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/11/05 22:14), Kent West wrote: > White-Hat` (sent by Nabble.com) wrote: > > >I wanted to set up a file server using Samba--I thought the idea of > >creating a small, home network using my old box's would be sort of > >neat. I'd hate to see them go

Re: Setting up a File Server

2005-11-08 Thread Kent West
White-Hat` (sent by Nabble.com) wrote: I wanted to set up a file server using Samba--I thought the idea of creating a small, home network using my old box's would be sort of neat. I'd hate to see them go to waste anyway. I'm pretty new to networking on Linux also, so feel free

Setting up a File Server

2005-11-08 Thread White-Hat` (sent by Nabble.com)
First off, I'd like to say that I'm relatively new to Debian and some Linux, but have been using computers for a decade now, so feel free to use technical terms with me. Smile I wanted to set up a file server using Samba--I thought the idea of creating a small, home network using my

File server performance

2005-11-07 Thread Daniel Nilsson
Hi, I've just finished building a new file server that has an Adaptec 2400a RAID controller card, to which 4x250GB IDE drives are connected. The card is right now running in hardware RAID-5 mode and I'm using the Linux I2O driver with kernel 2.6.14 (vanilla sources). The server is runn

[newbie] Problem upload with file-server (samba, nfs, ftp and ssh)

2005-05-12 Thread Andrea Beciani
Hello all, I have a file-server (with debian/unstable) with samba, nfs, ftp (wu-ftpd) and ssh service. When I upload big file from client to server with samba and ftp I get some errors and the transfer crash. With nfs I got none errors, but the system crash. Ssh go very well but why the transfer

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-04-06 Thread John L Fjellstad
Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You may want to use samba 3, though, as there are quite noticeable > improvements over 2.2 (provided with woody). Don't know if there's a > backport. backports.org has samba 3. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.or

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-04-04 Thread Stefan Goessling-Reisemann
Hello all! Thank you all very much for your replies. I will try to heed your advice and install the recommended packages. Maybe more questions later ;-) Greetings Stefan (debian @ goessling . de) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
he IP address of a client, you can mount all exported file system (including write access, if the server allows it for a particular user) without knowing any passwords etc. I'll probably have to set up a file server environment (Linux-only) in autumn, and I guess I'll look into Coda as a fil

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 15.40, Kent West wrote: > > > >Which Debian version? > > stable (woody, currently) - probably no need for the latest and > greatest packages like you'd likely want on a workstation You may want to use samba 3, though, as there are quite noticeable improvements over 2.2

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Clive Menzies
ly. > > I was also in the process of setting up a file server to serve both > Linux+Windows boxes - Is there any reasons one would not just run Samba? > Just contemplating whether I should actualy use NFS...as another poster > suggested it was "a total bandwidth whore" Th

RE: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Michael Bellears
> On (31/03/04 13:35), Stefan Goessling wrote: > > Which packages should I use? > samba & nfs for file and print services. I use both but you > could use just samba and configure the linux clients accordingly. I was also in the process of setting up a file server to serve

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Stefan Goessling wrote: Hello List! I would very much appreciate any advice concerning the set-up of a Debian based file server. I have some experience in Debian desktops and laptops, but none so far with servers. My list of questions is long, I know, but any answer would help. Thank you! Best

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Harland Christofferson
At Wednesday, 31 March 2004, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk> wrote: >On (31/03/04 13:35), Stefan Goessling wrote: >> Hello List! >> >> I would very much appreciate any advice concerning the set-up of a Debian >> based file server. I have some experienc

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Kent West
Stefan Goessling wrote: Hello List! I would very much appreciate any advice concerning the set-up of a Debian based file server. I have some experience in Debian desktops and laptops, but none so far with servers. My list of questions is long, I know, but any answer would help. Thank you! Best

Re: Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Clive Menzies
On (31/03/04 13:35), Stefan Goessling wrote: > Hello List! > > I would very much appreciate any advice concerning the set-up of a Debian > based file server. I have some experience in Debian desktops and laptops, > but none so far with servers. My list of questions is long, I

Advice for setting up a file server

2004-03-31 Thread Stefan Goessling
Hello List! I would very much appreciate any advice concerning the set-up of a Debian based file server. I have some experience in Debian desktops and laptops, but none so far with servers. My list of questions is long, I know, but any answer would help. Thank you! Best regards, Stefan (debian

Re: Concurrent connections on file server

2004-03-22 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Short answer: A lot of connections, not really. > >Long answer: Well, TCP/IP only allows for something like 65535 >concurrent connections... .. per remote host. Mike. -- Netu, v qba'g yvxr gur cynvagrkg :) -- To UNSUBS

Re: Concurrent connections on file server

2004-03-21 Thread Paul Johnson
"Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How many concurrent connections would be possible on a file server running > Debian? Is it a limited number? Short answer: A lot of connections, not really. Long answer: Well, TCP/IP only allows for something like 65535

Re: Concurrent connections on file server

2004-03-21 Thread glenn
ome 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 Wind

Re: Concurrent connections on file server

2004-03-21 Thread Kent West
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

RE: Concurrent connections on file server

2004-03-21 Thread Ken Hansen
grades and take my chances with the functionality. One big problem I've seen has been that the Click-And-Run has quit working when people start updating it from the Debian site. That in itself is not a problem for me, but I'm concerned that other problems may surface. I guess my main issue with runn

Re: Concurrent connections on file server

2004-03-21 Thread Ken Gilmour
Hi (other) Ken On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 16:37, Ken Hansen wrote: > 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

Concurrent connections on file server

2004-03-21 Thread Ken Hansen
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

file server slow to respond

2004-03-03 Thread Pat Mahoney
(please cc: replies) I have a file server (hppa, scsi disk) that spends most of its time idle. Logging in (ssh) takes several seconds. For any command, the first time it is run requires several seconds, and subsequent executions of the command occur quickly and normally. Here's the outp

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-17 Thread ScruLoose
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 02:09:58PM -0800, Jack Pistachio wrote: > I'd suggest ssh, sftp, and scp, which all come in the > debian ssh package. To use these with windows, I'd suggest > putty sftp client for windows. This seems th easiest way > to do it. This, of course, requires that your friends

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-16 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:59:35PM -0500, Kevin Coyner wrote: > What's a good, and hopefully open source & free, program that can act as > a SSH server on a Windows box? I do most of my work in Linux/Debian, > but there's one offsite webserver I have to take care of that's Win2K. > Presently I ftp

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-16 Thread Hanasaki JiJi
Try the free cygwin download: http://www..cygwin.com/ Kevin Coyner wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 05:12:09PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote.. On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 22:09, Jack Pistachio wrote: I'd suggest ssh, sftp, and scp, which all come in the debian ssh package. To use these with windows,

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 05:12:09PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote.. > On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 22:09, Jack Pistachio wrote: > > I'd suggest ssh, sftp, and scp, which all come in the > > debian ssh package. To use these with windows, I'd suggest > > putty sftp client for windows. This seems th ea

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-16 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 22:09, Jack Pistachio wrote: > I'd suggest ssh, sftp, and scp, which all come in the > debian ssh package. To use these with windows, I'd suggest > putty sftp client for windows. This seems th easiest way > to do it. This, of course, requires that your friends are > users o

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-15 Thread Jack Pistachio
I'd suggest ssh, sftp, and scp, which all come in the debian ssh package. To use these with windows, I'd suggest putty sftp client for windows. This seems th easiest way to do it. This, of course, requires that your friends are users on your system. -jackp --- ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-14 Thread nate
ScruLoose said: > Hi all, > > I'm interested in making a few files available to friends of > mine, and in having an upload directory for them to give me stuff, too. > I'm wondering what's the best tool for this job. > The first thing that comes to mind is FTP, but I'm not sure it's the right

Re: file server recommendations?

2003-03-14 Thread Vineet Kumar
* ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030314 23:09 PST]: > Hi all, > > I'm interested in making a few files available to friends of > mine, and in having an upload directory for them to give me stuff, too. > I'm wondering what's the best tool for this job. > > * I'll only be talking about a ve

file server recommendations?

2003-03-14 Thread ScruLoose
Hi all, I'm interested in making a few files available to friends of mine, and in having an upload directory for them to give me stuff, too. I'm wondering what's the best tool for this job. * I'll only be talking about a very few users. (like 10 to 20 total) * I don't have any particular

Re: Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment

2002-10-22 Thread Michael Heironimus
I configured Samba on my Linux file server, and it works just fine for > Windows clients. > But I have also 2 Macintosh clients in my network, and I don't know what to > do for them... > Does the samba package allow to communicate with Mac too, or do I need > another packa

Re: Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment

2002-10-22 Thread Rupert
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:41:18 +0100 "Fabien Holler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I configured Samba on my Linux file server, and it works just fine for > Windows clients. > But I have also 2 Macintosh clients in my network, and I don't know

RE: Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment

2002-10-22 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 14:14, deFreese, Barry wrote: > Fabien, > > Supposedly Linux will support the Appletalk protocol, so you could try that > route. Yes, it does. Install netatalk and your Linux machine will show up in the Chooser. Netatalk can do both file and printer sharing, too, which

RE: Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment

2002-10-22 Thread deFreese, Barry
riginal Message- From: Fabien Holler [mailto:f.holler@;scientec.demon.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment Hi everyone, I configured Samba on my Linux file server, and it works just fine for Win

Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment

2002-10-22 Thread Fabien Holler
Hi everyone, I configured Samba on my Linux file server, and it works just fine for Windows clients. But I have also 2 Macintosh clients in my network, and I don't know what to do for them... Does the samba package allow to communicate with Mac too, or do I need another package? Which one?

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debian file server

2000-11-04 Thread Sebastien Lacour
Hi all, I have a few ix86's sharing NIS & NFS on a LAN (with alphas and IBMs, but no matter) and i'd like to install potato2.2.17 on my 6 PCs. The problem is i just can't figure out how to install a file/application server properly. i use 'dselect'. i've got a partition for /usr only on my se

Re: How can I set Linux up as a File Server?

1999-01-06 Thread Carey Evans
"Brant Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got a Linux box up and running, and have no problems with it (Thank > God!). I have one more thing I need to do before I will be satisfied... > How can I set Linux (Debian2.0) up as a file server? I have thr

How can I set Linux up as a File Server?

1999-01-06 Thread Brant Wells
Howdy All, I've got a Linux box up and running, and have no problems with it (Thank God!). I have one more thing I need to do before I will be satisfied... How can I set Linux (Debian2.0) up as a file server? I have three PC's on the network... 1. WinNT4 2. Win98 3. Linux I nee

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