I would like to know a detailed idea about file server for storing images,files under the LAN. what type computer to be used for this ?
what type of softwares to be used ?
reliability of accessing the stores files/images
by multiple people same time ?
Additional info, added Monday April 19 2004, 3:02 am: thanks for the answers. well. i am running win 2000 with 23 clients. purposes of maintaining this file server is : office automation is the target - paperless work. all our datas and important documents to be scanned and keep it in a server for accessing the client user whenever they want it.
We are using the LAN with CAT 5 CABLE.
also I want to implement the same to our other branches using wan or any suitable media.
MFS answered Wednesday April 14 2004, 11:31 am: I have a fileserver at home, dishing out the files through samba running on a Linux box. Little customization was needed, and I did so on older hardware with a new, big-ass hard drive. I have had 5 people accessing it simultaneously and never had a problem.
Now, I'm not running any kind of hardware or software raid, but one day (given time and money), I'll mess around with that.
I cannot tell what sort of LAN you are running... is it for a company? A large or small group of people?
There are a billion different ways you could go about implementing a solution to this, but without knowing your requirements, I can't really give you a concrete answer. [ MFS's advice column | Ask MFS A Question ]
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