> I need some advice about the reality of setting up a > Solaris 10 system for my family and friends.
It works for the following: - centralized file storage - print services - backup With Samba running on the Solaris system and Windows XP clients. > Essentially, I have all sorts of people around me > that use computers but are lousy system > administrators. They get viruses, don't backup, have > no security protocol, etc, etc.... I'd like to run a > centralized system for them and hook them into it via > Sun Ray clients - then administrate the system with > normal enterprise practices. Almost all of these > individuals are just normal end-users and only have > experience with Windows. For this reason I'll also > end up needing to run at least a couple of Windows > apps through the system (Quicken, iTunes, normal > residential user stuff). Any recommendations? I'd love to know how you are going to push WIndows apps through a SunRay. > One Particular question (aside from if this is even a > workable idea at this stage of Solaris Development) > Is whether I need to aquire and manage my own > hardware or if there are any Virtual Servers > available that I can lease space on. Another is the > use of laptops; a couple of my 'clients' will > definitely want to take their sign-on with them as > they go mobile. You'll need your own gear. And it'll need to be redunant, like redunant power supplies, mirroring, RAID5 etcetera, because clueless desktop users are the worst: you'll never hear a "thank you" when everything is working A-OK, but if it takes longer than three seconds for a network drive to come up, they'll bitch, moan, groan, and ask "has something on the network changed?" This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
