From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 3 19:39:54 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 E45AB1065687 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 2009 19:39:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f134.google.com (mail-qy0-f134.google.com [209.85.221.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8633C8FC12 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 2009 19:39:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by qyk40 with SMTP id 40so2314707qyk.3 for ; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:39:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=W/fgsbb51k9YEpyuCEy0xJH8mquKojPJTeWm2eOwBgM=; b=xBnWf3f6PH7b83W3+v5Lq+BLNi8PbMW/ySveWPmur9L/ZBWEhe32vwiKHwThwNhsi9 bfC1zpFEH7bW1qapPkIGE9dT6UXMDTs3ujgiIdNURjaG4YUhz90gpfq81CqKjHEXQiit 9OLJSBxlQfXU/nLPfM+7ihYG3VD/1YlkDgdec= 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; b=DL7dlYHuiQpvTwBYb0Hsu8B3S0vAs5ZXXVa/mxtCmRF/BwYwCyP3OrgAuxbFs+T+rO w5rHBP5ZNFy9rBM0t7QpAwzmWM9B3Q+Mfq+RWSrfy0gFz93cgrCSHoqzJCOmeTnB3FTS rzVi6SB8G91XyKRdJnJMAJ09ecN40NCBYgbh0= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <49D65A4A.5080905@reaper.yaroslavl.ru> References: <26b281ee0904031042g754096d1k13d016b88d653cb8@mail.gmail.com> <49D65A4A.5080905@reaper.yaroslavl.ru> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:39:38 -0600 Received: by 10.220.93.10 with SMTP id t10mr2242563vcm.107.1238787593626; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:39:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Michael Lednev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Seur Bors , 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 19:39:55 -0000 On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Michael Lednev wrote: > Seur Bors =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: > >> As well, if anyone has any web-links to recommended reading, I would >> greatly >> appreciate them. >> > > You can try FreeNAS. It has "standard" file sharing with samba managed > through web-interface and it also has many more nice features. > > Oh yeah, and it's FreeBSD. :) > Good points; And a previous employer was running samba on a multi-site VPN school networ= k with 600 employees.. with a pretty high load. Biggest thing I found when I started to look into it is the fact that each client connection to the server yielded yet another PID to have the CPU wor= k under. So a central server with 600 employees (potentially) hitting it at once would bring the system load up very fast. I saw system loads of 200-300 by use of nagios. So it would be a wonderful solution; it may peg the system load higher than one would initially expect, depending on what the fileserver actually serve= s (CAD files, video rendering, Access MDB files, etc) as a potential bottleneck. I'd pick 10k RPM drives...if you're using more complex files like the ones mentioned above. A fast spindle speed will send the file down the wire and releive system load (as it is logically going through my head). I've seen 10k SATA drives, but the cooling is important. FreeNAS might be a good choice, because it's a stripped down version. But I'd be concerned of system load higher than anything else for the current situation, and expansion needs later. Enjoy your weekends!