Fellas,
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/03/15/1651205
Pple need to wake up from the slumber here...:D
Trevor
Hi Group,
I am interested in implementing a File server (using Samba) in my organization (70 users) which would also support public FTP.
I need suggestions about the following points. 1. Which companies servers should we prefer (IBM, HP, Sun). 2. We are currently using linux firewall (IP tables), should I go in for a hardware firewall (like pix). 3. We do not have any centralized virus scanning facility. Any suggestions. 4. Any more suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Warm Regards, Nikhil
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On 16/03/04 15:52 +0530, Nikhil Parva wrote:
Hi Group,
I am interested in implementing a File server (using Samba) in my organization (70 users) which would also support public FTP.
I need suggestions about the following points.
- Which companies servers should we prefer (IBM, HP, Sun).
Or build your own? There really is no differentiation in the IA32 space except pricing.
- We are currently using linux firewall (IP tables), should I go in for a
hardware firewall (like pix).
Linux works.
- We do not have any centralized virus scanning facility. Any suggestions.
For what services? For Windows nodes only? Mail? HTTP Proxy?
- Any more suggestions would be highly appreciated.
70 users is not much. Don't buy a P IV based system. Use either Xeons, or if you can, Opterons. Don't make the Samba server accessible to the Internet.
Devdas Bhagat
--- Devdas Bhagat devdas@dvb.homelinux.org wrote:
On 16/03/04 15:52 +0530, Nikhil Parva wrote:
Hi Group,
I am interested in implementing a File server (using
Samba) in my organization (70 users) which would also
support public
FTP.
you'll need to choose between Linux+Samba+SGI XFS + LDAP + Disk Quotas on one hand and Windows Storage Server 2003 on the other. consider cost + management ease as factors. Any HP / IBM server will do. If you already have an Active directory infrastructure, the windows option will be easier to implement.
Firewall..depends on ur risk perception.PIX is very good, fast firewall. so would be IPTables on a fast linux machine. Choose depending on the throughputs ur looking at.
regds, Kishor
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