[Cialug] Linux in an AD environment

[Sean McClanahan]

Thanks for all the input so far.  I've been reading about Openfiler on
all of your recommendations; seems like a distro I'd like to try.  (I
had no idea that even existed.)  For this first time around, I believe
all I'm looking at is making a file server.  Once past that, and I'm
able to show that Linux can exist in our world, perhaps I can move past
that for other things; for example, we are going to be building a couple
of small boxes just to handle external DNS.  Can't see why we would need
to spring for Windows necessarily for that.

I really like the 3Ware stuff, but I can't seem to find one in a PCI
flavor.  This is an older box; it has no PCI-X or PCI-Express slots.
:-(  So, I'm looking at a Promise controller perhaps?  I've had decent
luck with them in the Windows world.  And, I agree 100% with the
hardware RAID-5.  No software RAID, thanks very much. ;-)

Sean


-----Original Message-----
From: Josh More [mailto:morej at alliancetechnologies.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:26 PM
To: cialug at cialug.org; Sean McClanahan
Subject: RE: [Cialug] Linux in an AD environment

I second the "special purpose distro" suggestion...  Assuming that is
all you will ever use the box for. 

So far as specific distro suggestions go, I'd recommend OpenSuse/SLES as
they've put a lot of work into integrating with Windows.  The SUSE line
also has some nice support for ISCSI, which might be nice on a file
server.

So far as card suggestions go, pick 3Ware and spend the money for
built-in RAID5 support.  You may still use software RAID, but the higher
end cards are *much* better supported.  Dave Weis can probably get you a
good card.

-Josh


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---- Original Message ----
From: "Sean McClanahan" <sean.mcclanahan at westecnow.com>
Date: 07-9-18 17:43
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Subj: [Cialug] Linux in an AD environment 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!

 

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