[WinMac] seeking advice/resources for a *new* mac-based LAN
tom lyczko(tom[at]mail.visualwave.com)
Hello, I've enjoyed reading all the good advice on this list!!
It appears that finally my company might upgrade to a 'real' LAN.
The company has five or so staff, several Macs and Mac clones, several Windows boxes, and 2 Postscript printers.
I think we may well go with an Appleshare IP 6.x Mac server, due to its relatively easier administration, ability to accommodate Windows 9x/NT clients.
(I'd need a really compelling argument for NT Server, since the guy I report to is not all that technically competent and he prefers the Mac over Windows.)
My questions are:
1. What's an adequate amount of RAM? The server will be mostly for file/print sharing, initially.
2. Soon after the LAN is set up, they want to get a cable modem setup for Internet access sharing.
a. What is good security software to get so people can't hack in via whichever computer has the cable modem connection? (I hope to have them use a Mac for this instead of a Windows machine.)
b. What is good Internet connection sharing software or hardware on the Mac side? (I know about Sygate on the Windows side.)
3. What is considered good backup software? (Ideally, I'd like NOT to use tapes, but CD-R or CD-RW instead.)
4. Are there any good web sites or books about various facets of Mac LANs and Appleshare IP??
5. Ideally we want as much storage on the server as we can afford...but are there any specific considerations I should know about in terms of disk storage or how the hard disk setup should be?? (e.g. is RAID worth it??)
(We don't need Mac OS X cuz we're so small...)
Thank you, and I hope some of you will help me out!!
:) Tom Lyczko
-- tom@visualwave.com--
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