[Samba] Suggestions please about what I need.

[steve]

On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 11:29 -0400, Steve Campbell wrote:
>  Reading the 
> literature out there gave me the impression I could use passwd, tdb, or 
> ldap, and that samba used whatever I configured.

€0.02:
With around 200 users, a single DC under AD is fine. Add a second DC for
failover. You don't need powerful hardware.  Throw any powerful gear at
the file-server or donate it as a client to someone who would appreciate
it. Go for AD anyway as it's easy to install.