From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 5 10:13:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13853 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:13:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Genesis.Denninger.Net (kdhome-2.pr.mcs.net [205.164.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13846 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:13:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@Genesis.Denninger.Net) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Genesis.Denninger.Net (8.9.1/8.8.2) id MAA15294 for chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:13:19 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19981005121318.A15283@Denninger.Net> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:13:18 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Advocacy - SAMBA as an NTAS replacement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i Organization: Karl's Sushi and Packet Smashers X-Die-Spammers: Spammers will be LARTed and the remains fed to my cat Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Folks, If you want to know where you can REALLY make a dent in the Microsoft Juggernaut, let me give you a hint: Samba Really. About two weeks ago I took an NTAS machine which I had been using for quite some time for file service at my home. I measured, carefully, the performance levels I was getting from the machine for file service requests. Then I reloaded the box with FreeBSD, loaded the Samba port, configured, and retested. I was frankly shocked. The SAME P166/64MB machine was almost FOUR TIMES as fast on disk I/O, it came up on the first try, and it "just worked". Impressed isn't even the right word for it. I was floored. The automated user directory management along with the rest was more than enough for me, not to mention the easier administration *and better security*. I doubt I'll ever find a valid use for NTAS again (PC file and print service was the ONE place that I found NTAS to be worthwhile). And yes, it authenticates just like an NT machine - in fact, you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference from the client side. Then price NTAS and then compare it with $0 + $0 (FreeBSD + Samba). Tell me why everyone in their right mind isn't doing exactly this? -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) http://www.mcs.net/~karl I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message