I'm about to build a file server, or add a service to existing server .. and I had a couple questions you guys might be able to help with.
Having very little experience with NFS/Samba and other directory services I am at a loss as to where to start my investigation. I know http://www.tldp.org has a lot of documentation about the administering the various services, but is there a doc that compares the different ones available ? Is there a doc that would compare and contrast different file systems available and how those do/don't work well with the various services ? It will basically be hosting mp3/ogg files and a few movies ... so the file sizes will be varied, but mainly music. It will mainly be for other linux clients, but I would like to be able to plug my win2000 work laptop into the network and have the files available also. Is samba my only choice for supporting the windows clients, or is there another option ? Is it possible to use Samba in conjunction with other services and would I want too ? (i.e. would something work better for the linux clients that would justify using two different services to provide the same functionality ?) any thoughts or suggestions/comments you would provide me would be helpful. -Dave -- How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb ? Answer : None, they just declare darkness a new standard.
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