Hello all-
I'm considering implementing a LinuxPPC + netatalk server in place of an
ASIP 6.3 (MacOS 9.04) server. I'd like to use the same hardware.
My question is this: Would the choice of LinuxPPC + Netatalk offer any
increase/decrease in speed?
The primary push here is for more stability. ASIP has been getting a
little creaky. (it crashes once a week or so, and doesn't shut down
properly, forcing about three reboots for the machine to be happy) I have
LinuxPPC running at home with netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3-7 and it seems to be
fine (using an iBook to connect. My question is what happens when I put
this in a production environment? (The art dept, using QXP and Photoshop)
Are there any other little "gottcha"'s I should be warned about? (Besides
not manipulating the QXP doc directly off the server)
The machine has 256 MB of RAM and is an 8500/180 with two internal disks
and three external disks (all SCSI).
The network is a 100Mb switched network, with three appletalk zones. There
are about 20 Macs all connected in the same zone.
All I want (for now anyways) is fast, stable file services in one zone, and
ssh running for remote admin. Later I might start talking about samba,
apache, mailservers, etc.
Will I gain much by moving to Linux/netatalk? Or should I look at a new
server? (Running ASIP? MacOS X Server? Windo...naw, never mind that one)
Thanks so much in advance!
-Joe Rhodes
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