John, > I'm considering upgrading my Samba server (originally Mandrake 7.2, > but bears little resemblance to it anymore) from 2.0.10 to 2.2.8. I'm > wondering if I'll be gaining anything in the upgrade in the way of > performance, management, etc. It's a pretty simple enviro handling a > few shares - home dirs, public share, etc - and probably won't grow > to much more than that. ... > Anyone have any advice (except for maybe "if it ain't broke...") on > whether the upgrade should run smoothely or should I just skip it? > Should the performance improve any?
Main reason to upgrade is the security fix provided by the recent version and *a lot* of bugs fixed since release 2.0.10. If you use Samba in a secured local LAN, security probably isn't such a big issue, but I'd still recommend upgrading. You will get much better printing support and a couple of useful tools for common admin tasks. Performance may improve after you upgraded but your mileage may vary since performance is influenced by so *many* different factors (journaled filesystem yes/no, SCSI/IDE, RAID, number of disks, memory, op system, kernel version, ...). HTH, Uli -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
