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At 12:55 PM 2/19/00 -0700, Phillip Corchary wrote:
>Honestly my feeling is that this system is TOO SLOW to be an effective
>FileServer for this environment. They have about 5GB live data total, but
>many files in the 50-200MB range that they'll want to store on the server,
>then move to their Macs to be worked. ANYONE CARE TO OFFER THEIR OPINION ON
>THIS CONFIG?
I would say that as long as there are only a few machines, and the
files are being COPIED to the Macs to be worked on, that machine should be
just fine. I'd be more worried if they were working on the files directly
off the server...
>Also, with NT on their network, I feel they MUST HAVE FireWall software. It
>seems logical, since the NT box is the only dedicated server (and the only
>non production system), that the FireWall run their. That means using IP
>routing on the NT server as well, and then adding FireWall software.
You are already running IPNetRouter, so just use that. I believe
it has some basic firewalling capabilities.
>They are totally non-tech. I've considered putting Linux/NetaTalk/Samba on
>this system, but I'm concerned about the complexity. At least with NT they
>could look at the screen, and be walked through things on the phone in case
>of problems ..
You might want to look at Corel Linux (if you want to go this way)
as it looks and feels VERY much like Windows...
Leonard
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