From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 21 5:16:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93DD37B401 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 05:16:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6B043E4A for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 05:16:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8LCGac9075321; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:16:36 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8LCGVDH075320; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:16:31 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:16:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Charles Pelletier Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cost estimates? Message-ID: <20020921121630.GB18097@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <006801c26126$2ebf84b0$32040101@hume> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <006801c26126$2ebf84b0$32040101@hume> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,SUBJ_ENDS_IN_Q_MARK version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:20:13PM -0500, Charles Pelletier wrote: > Here's a question for everyone: I am interested in what kind of price > estimates exist in regards to the implementation of FreeBSD and SAMBA based > networks. I only ask because that is exactly what I am doing for the school > where I teach and want to be able to give cost estimates to the school when > finished. That's kind of hard to answer without knowing what the spec is for your School's network --- how many users, how much space required for each and so forth. About the only thing you can say for certain is that doing it the FreeBSD way will save you thousands on the cost of software licences. You should also be able to make some economies on hardware spec and achieve the same level of performance compared to most commercial OSes, but it's harder to state definitively how much. However, you're still going to have to pay for hardware, for the cost of people to administer the network, consumables, insurance and probably for some sort of hardware support so you can get equipment fixed promptly. It's possible to do all your own hardware support if you're handy that way but unless you're site is big enough that you can afford to keep a stock of spares on hand, you'll be spending some time waiting for parts. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message