This is getting off topic, but I am amused by Microsoft saying that they got the reason for reboots to four. Problem is that one of those reasons is that Windows will not unlink old DLLs until you reboot, so every install that includes a DLL (are there any that don't?) need a reboot.
-----Original Message----- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Samba admin vs. Windows admin Lionel, If you ignore the system reliability question (which to me is the _big_ question), I would have to say that administering a file server is going to depend mostly on how dynamic the environment is. I just had a conversation the other day with someone who told me that the biggest amount of time spent administering a Windows file server was updating permissions. Who gets access to what today. Who gets access to that tomorrow is different, and oh by the way, so-and-so left the group, so take them out, ad nauseum. I don't know if there are any good comparisons of the tools available to do that on Windows versus Linux. I would also say that the amount of time just diddling with the server to keep it running is quite a bit higher on Windows, what with all the "preventive" reboots, forcing on IIS and IE patches (if you can), etc., etc. Somewhat on topic... I remember going to a Microsoft seminar on Windows 2000, when the MS employees were still struggling to not call it NT 5.0. (The platform was still in beta testing at the time.) The main speaker was talking about how they'd gone around to all the development groups and made them explain why installing their product required that the system be rebooted, and to get them to change how they did things to avoid that. He stated that they'd gotten the number of reasons a system had to be rebooted down to about four or so, and they were working on those as well. Right. Just yesterday (four years later?), I installed Visio Professional on my Windows 2000 Professional desktop (we're all very professional here, you know). It made me reboot to "finish the install." For a stinking application. I have to say, though, that I need to come up with a different answer for my wife when she asks "why is my computer doing such and such." Lately, when I say "because it's Microsoft," she's been threatening to hit me (as opposed to the people that would deserve it. She can reach me). Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Lionel Dyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Samba admin vs. Windows admin Has anyone quantified the manpower required to administer a samba file server compared to a windows server? More manpower? Less? Comparable? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) AIM: lbdyck
