From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 3 18:19:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088EF106568E for ; Fri, 3 Apr 2009 18:19:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E2F8FC1C for ; Fri, 3 Apr 2009 18:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so1035800ewy.43 for ; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:19:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=qNdi8n3gq+RzmeiTrsVt0isUyE3LtheTYm8/PAZVLT8=; b=JAX+pdk6Pd/EhkI3KYLdfnepBLL8Yh53D4CLTsOJB3cGOOFulieBMed/dFCLWgYNU7 lVeEKVIUYodG6ND6SNzPgzowvEDTWhV4g4RsrEfDIaDCl8Yn1fVyK9/tzeR2XftDyoHY JbSPNcSMP17+graDiSn6w69kSYlircQdTsnSQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jzlNHcPXD4VFc4oEAmeMm0ly6r2ZBgePPaO1mjWyXoDO2hl2+mrTLiFHfRfM/nsILh P1q16q9LTq38nMBqwPEk+b+Olh4ZTVEKkGq2NgiBKyCPi/CUEj3Gn/aG72vO3FOvkhPc Kw/PwYFrc9ZlkDYxRyexgkevWy5CpK/X55nYY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.34.5 with SMTP id h5mr715983ebh.38.1238782764484; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:19:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <26b281ee0904031042g754096d1k13d016b88d653cb8@mail.gmail.com> References: <26b281ee0904031042g754096d1k13d016b88d653cb8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:19:24 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: Seur Bors Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Business Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:19:26 -0000 On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:42, Seur Bors wrote: > Greetings, > > I am recommending a FreeBSD solution to replace an old business "file > server". =C2=A0The old server is running Windows 2000 Professional, and t= he > company has grown from the 5 employee setting to now two floors and > approximately 15 - 20 people. =C2=A0They were starting to get connection = errors > to the Win2K machine, as I believe, without the Server version of the > software, file sharing and maps are severely limited. > > Anyways, my question is thus: =C2=A0In setting up a FreeBSD machine and u= tilizing > Samba to support "standard" file sharing, is there any caveats or issues > that anyone perceives? =C2=A0I've done multiple FreeBSD installations, an= d > utilize the Samba package to provide file sharing support in other small > businesses, but have not had to consider 20 connections at once. =C2=A0Th= e > network connection is just a simple router to switch, all gigabit, and th= e > system I'm recommending to use as a server also has dual gigabit network > ports. > > As well, if anyone has any web-links to recommended reading, I would grea= tly > appreciate them. Replacing Win2k (especially the Pro version) with FreeBSD on the same hardware will give you a boost right there. If you have newer or more capable hardware as well, you should be well ahead of the game. http://www.samba.org is your best bet for reading. Pick your country, then on the left side of the main page is a section called 'learn samba' - the 'Official HOWTO' and the 'By Example' links should provide all you need. Kurt