[wellylug] NAS - dedicated linux file servers.

[Robin Hinde]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:28, Nigel Walters wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone know if there are any linux distributions dedicated to file
> serving. Both SMB and NFS. I understand these servers are called NAS
> servers network attached servers in the commercial world.
>
> I know we can roll our own with any general purpose distribution (and I
> do) but I am interested in  single purpose distributions.

http://www.e-smith.org might be one of the distributions you should look at.

Free and very easy to set up, does SMB, mail, http, ftp etc but doesn't do NFS 
out of the box (AFAIK). Intended for use in small businesses.

Uses its own template based configuration system to generate /etc, which takes 
a little getting used to if you need to get into the behind the scenes stuff, 
but the web based config interface is easy to use. E-smith is a mature 
product, 5.6 is the current release with 6.0 currently in its second beta. 
Security updates are released as necessary, so the product is well 
maintained.

HTH

  -=rjh=-