Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:49:37 -0500 From: Arcady Genkin <agenkin@cdf.toronto.edu> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: gtabug <chat@gtabug.org> Subject: production NFS server -- which OS to go? Message-ID: <uoofk0dh0u.fsf@bashful.cdf.toronto.edu>
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Does anyone know of a good, unbiased evaluation of Solaris/Linux/FreeBSD as NFS server? Preferably third-party. We are facing hardware/software upgrade at the computer lab of around 300 workstations (half Linux, half Solaris). We have a Solaris/Sparc box for our NFS server right now, but it will be upgraded to something. The question is: what? Since most of the clients are Linux (Solaris workstations are probably going to be replaced by i386 boxes with Linux), it would kinda make sense to have Linux for NFS server, but in the past I heard Bad Things about the NFS server side of Linux. If, say, FreeBSD could be shown to be a serious contender, this may be the chance to introduce some BSD boxes into our environment. The boss leans towards Solaris, our Linux resident ;) wants Linux; I'm the only one with any *BSD exposure *and* I'm the new kid on the block. So, if there are any arguments for FreeBSD, they need to be especially convincing. ;^) Any pointers would be highly appreciated, -- Arcady Genkin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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