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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!not-for-mail From: spfarrel@midway.uchicago.edu (Steve Farrell) Subject: Re: FreeBSD suitable as Fileserver OS? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: quads.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <Dt2GM0.29C@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: The University of Chicago References: <31C1E470.7BBF@blackwhite.com> <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960614225531.2783B-100000@Clifford.LiveNet.Net> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 00:13:12 GMT Lines: 30 In article <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960614225531.2783B-100000@Clifford.LiveNet.Net>, Jim Sloan <jsloan@LiveNet.Net> wrote: >On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Alexander Kotopoulis wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 14 JUN 1996 15:15:12 -0700 >> From: Alexander Kotopoulis <alex@blackwhite.com> >> Newgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc >> Subject: FreeBSD suitable as Fileserver OS? >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm considering right now to use FreeBSD for a Fileserver for a network >> of about 15 workstations with different UNIXes such as Solaris, HP-UX, >> IRIX. The server would have about 15GB disk space and would consist of a >> powerful Pentium with fast SCSI and Ethernet hardware. >> Can FreeBSD handle such a task? Is the NFS server implementation >> reliable and fast enough to drive such a network without failures? How >> does FreeBSD perform in comparison to other BSD's, Linux, UNIXware or >> Solaris x86? >> Thank you for any hint, >> >> alex :-) >> >> some people have replied with answers about freebsd FTP server, but i'd like to hear some comments on NFS server -- these are quite different things! --steve farrell