Looks like we're about to get a SAN. One thing I'd like to do with it is migrate fileserving responsibility from a pair of HP9000s with direct-attached RAID arrays to an Intel Linux box that gets its storage from the SAN. Don't worry about scalability--those 9000s were seriously underworked. This means migrating from HP's Advanced Server to Samba.
I'm sure some of you have experienced Samba, but I haven't. Any gotchas I should watch for? We have an NT4 LAN (we'll soon upgrade the PDC to Win2K but we'll run in mixed mode for a very long time to come). Specific questions: * Can I still create network shares from Server Mgr. Can I still use Server Mgr to manage permissions? * Can I still modify file-level permissions via Windows Explorer? * Any issues related to long file names? Advanced Server handles LFNs very poorly, imho, especially with respect to batch files. As always, your help is tremendously appreciated. jon Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
