In a message dated: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 09:30:33 EST
"Lussier, Kenneth" said:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> 2. How LAN speed suffers if Linux BOX is used as a file and database
>> server for 5 users. (Linux Box running Oracle 8.0.4 and Samba,
>> Windows PC running Developer 2000 forms and report). I want to keep
>> the program in a shared directory (/home/prg).
>>
>> There shouldn't be a problem as far as network degradation. A
>> 10Mbps network should handle it just fine. The bottlenecks would be 1) the
>> database 2) the hardware of the machine that is serving the apps and 3) the
>> PC's that are connecting to it.
Well, there's a little more to consider here. First, using the same system to
run Oracle *and* anything else is probably a bad idea. I would isolate the
Oracle installation on separate system from the Samba server. Oracle is very
resource intensive, whereas Samba is mainly only I/O intensive.
The network itself should be able to handle the load with 5 users, but again,
is this a shared or switched environment? A shared network segment will be
okay with only 5 systems, but if you're also putting the Oracle and Samba
stuff on the same segment, and all systems are hitting that one system, you'll
end up with a lot of collisions if this is a heavily used system. If you plan
to grow this environment at all, and add more clients, I recommend moving at
least to a 10Mbs switched network.
>> 3. How can I use this box as a Fax server?
>>
>> I don't see why not. Unfortunatly, I know nothing about building a
>> fax server.
Read the FAX-HOWTO, it's all in there.
--
Seeya,
Paul
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