On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Mike Almogy wrote:
Personally, we have a 30,000-40,000 userbase, with about 6-8 servers
(large) using the NIS database. The interoperability between Linux based
NIS server (master lets say) and any other OS NIS slave is horrid. The
peformance is not so hot either.
All in all, I would advise you to get a SS10-20 (aka. SunSparc 10 or 20),
and use it as NIS server. You can also get UltraSparc AXi based from Ankor
for example at reasonable prices (AXi 300 if they still have it, is the
low end). If you cannot do it either, try installing Solaris 7/8 on a PC.
--Ariel
> Ok, I have over 6000 Users that will use the NIS to authenticate to the
> Radius , Mail, Ftp ,Telnet and such.
>
> Mike.
>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 4:11 PM
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> > On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Mike Almogy wrote:
> >
> >
> > Depends on the load you expect. Please define your needs more
> > specifically.
> >
> > --Ariel
> > > Hi list.
> > >
> > > Is linux NIS services are stable enough to be run as server ?
> > > I have 5 servers that i want to use as NIS clients.
> > > and i want Linux to be the server.
> > >
> > > Maybe you recommend a different authentication/Information technique ?
> (LDAP
> > > and such)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Mike
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