Linux NFS server

[Jerry Feldman]

Why not configure a PC with Linux as a proof of concept. Configure a few 
NFS exports and see if there are compatibility problems. If not, then you 
know that everyone can read Linux exported NFS directories. If you can 
borrow a PC, you could download and install Red Hat 8.0 (Although I 
personally prefer SuSE). The cost of the test solution is time. If there 
are problems, you could find a solution or raise that issue with PogoLinux 
if you plan to buy their boxes.  
On 6 Nov 2002 at 11:25, Andrew W. Gaunt wrote:

> 
> The reason I asked this general question is to find
> anecodotal evidence or even actual facts that can help
> us increase/decrease our comfort level with replacing
> a very expensive NAS solution ($100K/yr). We believe
> replacing it with linux based box is something that
> can be do this and be a lot cheaper. We have a little
> money, but, not $100K. We do need to show that the
> replacement can be expected to work reasonably well
> as far as performance and availabilty and that maintenance
> is something we can do on our own without wizards and
> magic potions. The pogo linux boxen look good to us so
> far. We're looking at buying three plus a box of spare
> parts. We'll configure 2 for production and a third as
> a 'hotspare/sandbox' machine. This brings to around
> $20K or less one time cost.
> 
> Anyway, I often hear rumblings about the mixing of
> the NFS's, Solaris and linux not playing well in certain
> situations. I'd like to determine if these rumblings
> are based on old fears, configuration issues or whatever.
> So far the reasons I usually come up with are things
> like "SUN invented NFS, use SUN" or something equally
> uninformative..
> 
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> pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> > 
> > In a message dated: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 08:32:59 EST
> > "Andrew W. Gaunt" said:
> > 
> > >Does anyone on this list have current experience using
> > >a linux based NFS server for clients numbering in the
> > >hundreds? We have mostly Solaris clients along with a
> > >goodly number of PCs running mostly Windows (using
> > >SAMBA).
> > 
> > Ahm, yeah, why?  Do you need help, are you having problems or
> > something?
> >
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