[Samba] System Requirements for Samba?

Michael Tokarev mjt at tls.msk.ru
Mon Jan 30 07:16:38 UTC 2023


30.01.2023 09:55, Michael Tokarev via samba пишет:
> # du -hs bullseye/
> 636M    bullseye/
> 
> This is a minimal system with no room for, say, kernel updates
> and samba logs, but this is about it.. :)

To clarify: this is a joke really, sure thing 600Mb isn't enough
for a system (though it can be fit in ~500Mb squashfs for example).

The thing is that most of these "requirements" are for nothing.
Main thing is the space for your files. The system consumes a
small percentage of that, and fits in a minimal usb stick which
one can able to find in a store today, so space for the system
is not a question.

For RAM, it is the same: the main thing is the caches which depends
on your workload and the amount of files you want to be cached,
and the speed you want to get out of the thing.  Ditto for the CPU.
Smallest RaspberryPI devices with 1Gb RAM and tiny CPU runs Samba
server for a home LAN just fine.  Note you can't buy a DDR4 RAM
DIMM less than 8Gb these days.

Also, it is not the question "which distibution is smaller": with
these constraints it doesn't matter for size, -- if the question
is about size, you can choose any distribution *you* are familiar
with, any will work.

/mjt



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