[Cialug] Linux in an AD environment

[Sean McClanahan]

So, I'm going to make my first big attempt to get Linux into what has up
to this point been a complete Windows AD environment.  I have an older
Dell PowerEdge 1300, dual P-III procs.  I've taken out the old SCSI
card, and would like to replace it with a SATA raid card, and 4 SATA
drives.  Right now, it's only function in life is to be a file server.
Raw storage space.

 

So my questions to the more learned out there in this group are:

 

A)     I know that I will need to have Samba on the box, correct?

B)      How easy do the different distros of Linux see and load SATA
RAID adapters?  With W2K3, you hit the F6 key, load your driver disk
(still a floppy!), and it's happy and keeps going.  How does that work
with Linux?

C)      I am most comfortable so far with Ubuntu and Fedora.  Not trying
to start an OS war, please.  Just looking for input as to the viability
of making either of these work as a file server that my Windows clients
can see and use, with correct permissions.

 

Thanks!

 

Sean McClanahan  |  Network Manager

Westec InterActive Security
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