On 16 November 2011 21:54, Andres <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Curiosity question: > If ubuntu was installed in a company with around 1600 desktops and laptops > that need to be networked with shared server drives and need to be backed > up daily. I guess antivirus and normal security would also be needed. What > would be the boot up time of a computer that normally takes 5 to 10 minutes > to boot up with XP? The servers run on linux, btw. > > Would doing a backup still slow the computer down significantly? > > The reason i ask is that i found that when turning on my work computer > (xp) with out of network the boot up speed increased significantly. And was > thinking if this problem would be the same even if switching from xp to > linux. > > The slow aspect of a networked boot is often finding connected drives and mounting them. If SMB or NFS drives are still required then they will still be a bottleneck.
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