[Ilugc] alternate for NFS, Automount and SAMBA ?

[Sivanandhan, P.]

On 8/23/05, babu jayapaul <babu_jayapaul at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Friends,
> 
> Iam maintaining a data server of 500GB.
> 
> Sharing these data thro NFS and AUTOMOUT for linux
> users (90%).
> 
> thro SAMBA for Windows users (10%).
> 
> There are 50 staff, Now a days the file accessing
> speed becoming very slow and the server too. (because
> large size of data mounted on the client system to
> access a single/small file)
> 
> Even i have setup timeout 300sec. on nfs and
> automount. But it is not effective.
> 
> At the end of next month (sept) the staff count will
> cross to 90-100 nos.
> 
> I feel the existing setup won't work.
> 
> Is there any alternate solution for NFS,Automount &
> Samba.
> 
> note: I am using HP High end severs (DML series rack).
> 
> Please send me your suggestions.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Babu. J
> 

Samba is evolving a lot from its birth. I personally suggest it over
other solutions because its already known, continuously improving,
supports both Linux and Windows and if you want Mac too. You can fine
tune Samba to meet your requirements. I heard of very large successful
samba deployment in many places consists 1000+ node or more. So you
can trust on Samba its really scallable IMHO.

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