[Samba] Samba and large implementations

[dj at 4ict.com]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Frank De Waelle wrote:

> we are investigating if Samba could help us to build a large
> (say very large) file server.
>
> We are thinking OS/390, 4 Tb, 20.000 users
>
> Are we being plain stupid, or has this been done before ?

Using Linux on S/390 or mainframe this can be done. Off course depending
on your exact needs. The best solution is probably using VM or LPAR's to
divide the task between a number of servers, and not use one big server.

For references you should check IBM's Linux website, they already have
done Samba on Linux/390. (ibm.com/linux)

Kind regards,
Tim

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