[Samba] server hardware (was: XP Administrator has no access to shares)

[Helmut Hullen]

Hallo, steve,

Du meintest am 20.08.12:

> This is a bit off thread, but could you specify any budget
> hardware/minimum Samba4 DC Samba3 fileserver server requirements for
> a college of 2000 students sharing 150 duel boot KDE/w7?

Where's the problem?
Such configurations need a machine with 2 GHz CPU, 4 GByte RAM and  
(better) 2 or 4 NICs.

No machine with a "server" label.
Here in germany many schools (especially vocational schools) run Samba  
3.x since many years for more than 1000 pupils and 100 to 200 clients.  
And since many months with private smartphones too (connected via WLAN).

The samba load (for directories on the server) is most times small,  
"squid" bears a much bigger load (for surfing).

The biggest samba problem seems to be where and how to store the user's  
profile.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut