[Samba] big file server

[Thierry ITTY]

Hi

I plan to set up a big file server, something like motherboard with 4 ide
ports and an additional 4 ide daughter card, a PIV proc and 512 or 1024 MB
ram, a 100 or 1000 MB NIC, with 6 or 7 200 GB ide HDDs in a sigle box. I
don't need lightning performance, just disk space. Of course this would be
served by some linux os and samba

questions (relative to samba configuration and behaviour) : 
- is there a better fs type (ext2, 3, xfs...) for this ?
- what about such space (1 TB at least), can i have only one fs for the
whole ?
- what about huge files (over 2 GB)
- any suggestions (kernel releases and patches, samba performance tips...)

tia

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	Thierry ITTY
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