FreeBSD as a Business Server

[Mikel King]

On Apr 3, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Seur Bors wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am recommending a FreeBSD solution to replace an old business "file
> server".  The old server is running Windows 2000 Professional, and the
> company has grown from the 5 employee setting to now two floors and
> approximately 15 - 20 people.  They were starting to get connection  
> errors
> to the Win2K machine, as I believe, without the Server version of the
> software, file sharing and maps are severely limited.
>
> Anyways, my question is thus:  In setting up a FreeBSD machine and  
> utilizing
> Samba to support "standard" file sharing, is there any caveats or  
> issues
> that anyone perceives?  I've done multiple FreeBSD installations, and
> utilize the Samba package to provide file sharing support in other  
> small
> businesses, but have not had to consider 20 connections at once.  The
> network connection is just a simple router to switch, all gigabit,  
> and the
> system I'm recommending to use as a server also has dual gigabit  
> network
> ports.
>
> As well, if anyone has any web-links to recommended reading, I would  
> greatly
> appreciate them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Seur Bors
> Legate Commander
> Knights Of The Old Code

The latest samba port if very robust. You should find this trivial to  
complete. I encourage you to go with new hardware if possible.

Cheers,
Mikel King
CEO, Olivent Technologies
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