SME Linux print and file 'server'?

And another thing - XP (or any Windows file server) tend to attract viruses in a really bad way.

I don't know why Windows have to execute any stored executable file(s) stored in any user's folder(s)... it just doesn't make sense to me...

With Linux I have peace of mind, knowing that bad stuff can be stored in the user's personal folder(s), but cannot be executed (or activated) by the core OS itself. And that makes malware so easy to remove.
 
FYI Libs.. if you are buying a new drive.. Ive noticed the 160GB drives where I am are cheaper than the legacy 80GB, I think currently byte for byte theyre the most economical atm.
 
w1z4rd said:
FYI Libs.. if you are buying a new drive.. Ive noticed the 160GB drives where I am are cheaper than the legacy 80GB, I think currently byte for byte theyre the most economical atm.
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SATA or PATA?

If it works out cheaper, then I'll have to buy an PCI SATA card as well as the motherboard only have PATA (Intel P3, 850MHz)

Might be worth the expense...
 
The_Librarian said:
SATA or PATA?

If it works out cheaper, then I'll have to buy an PCI SATA card as well as the motherboard only have PATA (Intel P3, 850MHz)

Might be worth the expense...
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SATA. Just check the pricing. I know our 160s are cheaper than our 80`s, and like R20 more expensive than the 120s.
 
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Ever heard of a disk defragment tool for Linux? I haven't (so far)...
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Erm, yes. XFS has had defragmentation tool for jonks. EXT4 also has defragmentation tool in the works, not stable yet. But ja, in general linux fs do not fragment like the ms ones.
 
Guys if you really want to use Windows as a platform for your data thats fine. Do it correctly. Windows XP is not a server operating system and in my opinion its nerfed to be like that.

Pay for the Windows server licence and do it correctly. Windows server OS`s while often fragile are way better to use as a file server than Windows XP. They also tend to last longer than Windows XP.

A lot of companies are digitizing their data and a lot of companies are losing all their records by trying to taken the wrong route. A companies data is extremely important and if that system fails (and they do fail), you are the one thats going to be held liable for the loss of that data.

If I was you and you wanted to do it in a cost effective manner, I would get two sata drives on whatever pc hardware I had, setup ClarkConnect (as I know it does not have a file system that degrades or falls over and is constantly improved upon), and at the very least let ClarkConnect do software raid (if you cant afford a decent raid card).

You will have very cheap stability and redundancy.

Im suggesting CC if you are not familiar with linux (but you have to understand the basics of networking... and their wiki is pretty informative)... though Libs server solution is also a nice simple solution or choice as an OS to someone wanting a file server.
 
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Can I install and boot/run ClarkConnect from a thumbdrive/usb drive?
 
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