film Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hi, I was wondering what would be the best OS for a file sharing server ? -F!LM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boristsr Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 a *nix variant. either FreeNAS as was used last episode, or any linux distro. something lightweight so it will run on older machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Windows 3.11.... FOR WORKGROUPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadaender Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Windows 3.11.... FOR WORKGROUPS! NOO!!, Bad Darren, bad! *Shoots with water-spray bottle* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Windows 3.11.... FOR WORKGROUPS! NOO!!, Bad Darren, bad! *Shoots with water-spray bottle* LOL Why not OS/2 Warp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hi, I was wondering what would be the best OS for a file sharing server ?-F!LM Anything with network support and samba/windows file & printer sharing. Hell, even XP works ok as a headless file server, and 2k3 gave me 5 months of uptime on a beat up old desktop from the late 90's. There is no flat out best server OS, and anyone who claims there is, is lieing or ignorant. It depends soley on your requirements, budget, useage plan & hardware. If your looking for a piss easy linux solution for an old desktop and have limited or no prior *nix expirence, ubuntu probally gives you the best bang for your buck as its free and has a huge amount of community support geared at newbies. Also, if you want to make it public facing (ie accesible from the web) don't buy into the myth that linux is automatically bullet proof. A poorly setup *nix distro is just as bad as a poorly setup windows box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macker Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 OpenBSD FTW :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Not FreeNAS. Look into the different linux/bsd distros and decide which one you like the best on what it specialises in and then choose that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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