[CentOS] Will this work? server+centOS5+100users?

[Ross S. W. Walker]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Ken Sedlacek
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 5:18 PM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS] Will this work? server+centOS5+100users?
> 
> I am an experienced MS administrator of W2003 servers & 
> Exchange systems.
> 
> I have 5+ years UNIX mid-level experience but not in centOS. 
> Grounded in SCO UNIX (the real SCO UNIX).
> 
> We want to use CentOS on a recently grave yarded Dell 
> poweredge 400SC server.
> 
> This is a P4 3.0 Ghz, w/4GB memory, 2 SATA 250 GB disks.
> 
> We want to use this server w/CentOS5, to provide file and 
> print resources to 100 users.
> 
> Each Department wants control over common folders of info for 
> only their group.
> 
> Each user wants control over their folders.
> 
> Pretty much standard permissions for departments.
> 
> Is this do-able with the server and centOS5 and 100 users?

Sure you can, my only question is why?

I just bought a Dell Poweredge 860 1u unit with a Quad 2.4GHz
Xeon processor 2x4MB L2 cache and 4GB of memory for $1700.

Granted it only has 2 84GB internal SATA drives, but it is
ready to hook up to a storage enclosure, which could be a
MD1000 which has 15 drive bays driven by a PERC 5e controller.

Now of course the external enclosure will cost some $$ but it
will provide for growing performance and capacity needs and
you can always swap out the 860 for a higher end machine
down the line without having to backup/restore your data
volumes.

A 400SC might make a good print server, but it will struggle
as a good file server, especially as users start to want
things like volume snapshots and replication, etc.

Start with a lightly populated MD1000, say 4 SATA drives in
RAID5 or RAID10 and 2 SATA drives mirrored for snapshots.

-Ross

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