Re: Best LAN file archive server?
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:20:47 +0400 "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day to everyone! > > I want to arrange a file archive on my FreeBSD box so that windows > users can access it via LAN (100Mbit). It'll be over 100Gb, mp3 and > divx mostly. Throttling is imperative, it must be designed so that > clients can listen to music and watch movies directly, without > downloading them. There are only 10 LAN users, so I expect 5-8 > simultaneous connections. BTW what OSes are they running. If it all just various unix machines, nfs should work. Not exactly sure how to throttle it though. > I wonder, what do you think is the best solution for this - samba, > http, ftp or something else? I don't want users to install > additional software on their computers, but I'm ready to consider it > if it's worth the worries. SMB :) I would setup some rules for throttling using IPFW to each client machine. Not sure if samba supports throttling or now, but doing it by IPFW should work fine. > If ftp is the best, what is the best server? Ftpd? Possible, but would make it annoying for fetching files and probally more network load. > Another point - how to configure the filesystem so that it suits the > purpose best? It's just my imagination - but I want it to cache > everything insanely, to be very fast in responses and to spare the > hard drive (as the latter is going to be a simple ATA drive, Maxtor, > Seagate or Hitachi, which are inclined to deadly failures under > heavy loads). man tuning man sysctl :) IIRC there is also a section in the handbook on it. If you have not bought the drive yet, I would suggest advioding Western Digital. I have all ways have problems with transfer speeds and their drives. BTW movies and music does not eat much bandwidth. You may very well be able to do it with out throttling, depending on the bit rate. But should all be fine for the most part with out throttling. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Best LAN file archive server?
"Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day to everyone! > > I want to arrange a file archive on my FreeBSD box so that windows users > can access it via LAN (100Mbit). It'll be over 100Gb, mp3 and divx > mostly. Throttling is imperative, it must be designed so that clients > can listen to music and watch movies directly, without downloading them. > There are only 10 LAN users, so I expect 5-8 simultaneous connections. > > I wonder, what do you think is the best solution for this - samba, http, > ftp or something else? Samba is probably going to provide the easiest use, assuming all your clients are running Windows (you didn't mention). If they're mixed OS, you may do better with something like FTP or HTTP, as it's more portable/standardized. Although Mac and Linux talk to Samba servers very nicely these days. > I don't want users to install additional software > on their computers, but I'm ready to consider it if it's worth the > worries. > > If ftp is the best, what is the best server? Ftpd? If you're setting up anon-only FTP access, then just about any FTP server will do. I'd just use the one that ships with FreeBSD. If it's going to be more complex, something like proftpd has support for virtual users, and authenticating out of a MySQL database. > Another point - how to configure the filesystem so that it suits the > purpose best? It's just my imagination - but I want it to cache > everything insanely, to be very fast in responses and to spare the hard > drive (as the latter is going to be a simple ATA drive, Maxtor, Seagate > or Hitachi, which are inclined to deadly failures under heavy loads). Just install it and give the system as much RAM as you can afford. FreeBSD will cache as much data as possible by default. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Best LAN file archive server?
Good day to everyone! I want to arrange a file archive on my FreeBSD box so that windows users can access it via LAN (100Mbit). It'll be over 100Gb, mp3 and divx mostly. Throttling is imperative, it must be designed so that clients can listen to music and watch movies directly, without downloading them. There are only 10 LAN users, so I expect 5-8 simultaneous connections. I wonder, what do you think is the best solution for this - samba, http, ftp or something else? I don't want users to install additional software on their computers, but I'm ready to consider it if it's worth the worries. If ftp is the best, what is the best server? Ftpd? Another point - how to configure the filesystem so that it suits the purpose best? It's just my imagination - but I want it to cache everything insanely, to be very fast in responses and to spare the hard drive (as the latter is going to be a simple ATA drive, Maxtor, Seagate or Hitachi, which are inclined to deadly failures under heavy loads). Please excuse me for my stupidity, but I'm still a hardcore newbie. Yours respectfully, Andrew P. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
