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Hi All On Thursday 01 June 2006 17:27, Simon Waters wrote: > so the absolute minimum spec will > depend entirely on what it has to do. > > How many client machines, sharing what sort of files, and what sort of > access pattern? What is acceptable performance? Thanks for the replies. The network consists of one Fedora core 5 (pentium 4 512 ram 8 gig hd) box, one Mac Powerbook Laptop (G4 1.5 gig ram), one Magnia web server (headless and no keyboard/mouse) and one Windows 2 k (p3 450mhz, 6.4 hd, 64 meg ram). I tend to only use the windows box to check sites out and so it doesn't use the files so much but I do have one or two folks who work for me who only touch windows! The bulk of the work is done on the Fedora with some work done on the Powerbook. I want to be able to share files and use a mirror raid and then overnight send to a backup drive! I will be using the file server to work from. i.e. I don't intend to place the files on the hard drives of the Fedora box or Powerbook. I was hoping to maybe try to install Fedora on the current Windows box, and then up the ram on the current Fedora box and run that as the file server, but I have to admit I don't know whether the file server needs the power or whether the workstations need the power! I don't have a lot of money at the moment so whilst I would love to go down the road of a San, I am not sure I can afford to! Thanks for the help. -- Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html