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From: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org>
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Seur Bors wrote:

> As well, if anyone has any web-links to recommended reading, I would greatly
> appreciate them.
> 

Samba3 performs excellend nowadays. You should have no trouble at all 
serving 20 workers. In my setup (7.1-release/amd64/dual x2 3800 amd 
cpu/gigabit) smb generates only 3-5% cpu load when reading at 50MB/sec.

I would also recommend running swat (zee /etc/inetd.conf), it can really 
help creating a nice and tailored smb.conf file for you via a webinterface.

I believe that samba3 can even give you Active Directory features and 
Roaming Profiles, but I haven't looked into that. Samba as fileserver is 
enough for me.


-- Frederique