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Article #16Re: Need advice in buying server
From: Andrew Hodgson
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:11
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:11
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:06:30 +0000, "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:57:13 -0000, "Graham" <graham@nospam.demon.co.uk> >wrote: > >> Tell us more about your application ... > >It's really more of a NAS than a server. I want to be able to synchronise >a bunch of distant Windows workstations and have found a useful >application in a p2p package called FolderShare now from Microsoft. This springs up lots of points: How is the data transfered from the clients to the server? Through an encrypted connection? What type of authentication is used and do passwords get sent over cleartext (i.e, is this more of a LAN type of tool not meant/designed for Internet use)? How much data are you going to store? On this type of system, you need at minimum RAID1, which means mirrored disks. Are you willing to take responsability for everyone's data? How are you backing up the system? I still have a concern with XP Prof on that box - it won't be supported with HP and may present driver issues. I would look at something like Debian/CENTOS and Rsync over SSH if I were in a similar situation, with off-site backups to a machine I had _direct_ control of (i.e, at my site) over Rsync. Andrew.
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