Kathy Montgomery wrote: > Has anyone done this or does anyone have any tips on getting started?
Yes. > Would I need any hardware besides a hub and Ethernet cards? No, well erh ... cables ;-) > Do I have to use NFS on the server? I would suggest not using NFS. I don't know what you can use in Windows to see files served from NFS. I would suggest either using a Windows server with the built in TCP/IP Microsoft Networking (it's fairly easy to set up), or using a Linux server with Samba. I've never set up a Samba server, so it would be hard for me. > Could I use Samba to see the served files from Windows? Not sure how to interpret your question -- on the Linux clients you can use smbclient (or smbmount, or mount a file of type smb) to see the files served from the Windows or Samba server. > Any recommended backup strategies? Not really -- do you have a backup strategy now? I won't address this in any detail except to say you should develop and follow a strategy. If you need more advice on this write again. Give us an idea of what choices you have available (tape, floppies, CD-Burner, zip drive), how much data you have to deal with, how often it changes, how irreplaceable it is, and whether you're familiar with incremental and rotating backups. > Could I find information about this subject in any system administration book? Probably. The following page(s), though a little rough, may help you with the smbclient stuff: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/SambaMain Randy Kramer
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