-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ken Sedlacek Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 5:18 PM To: centos@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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