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Linux as a NAS solution?
All,
I am most familiar with Solaris, and I am in the process of learning Linux (Fedora 5), and one of my tasks is to replace our current NAS solution. We currently use EMC Celerra, but it is way too expensive for what we use it for. So I have looked into Linux.
We mostly we have a Windows world here and they need access to a UNIX system because our main system (similar to SAP) has a Windows front end but a Unix back end, and they also sends print jobs to the Unix box. I thought about Samba as a replacement but I need to set a limit on the directory size for each user.
We do use Active Directory here, not sure if that helps but I figured I would throw it out there. Also, most people use it as a 'home' directory. I need to set limits per person (per home dir).
If this is confusing, please ask and I will try to explain more.
Thanks!