Technical Guide: How to Install a File Server Using Red Hat Enterprise ...
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Short Desciption:... allows the host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server as if it is a Windows fi le and print server. In other words, Samba speaks to Windows clients like a native. It allows a Linux ...
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Technical Guide: How to Install a File Server Using
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Samba Server
INTRODUCTION
Open source and Linux® may be an unfamiliar subject, and just because Linux has a close association with UNIX®,
does not mean that it is hard. In fact, this guide will show how easy it is to install a Samba fi le and print server on
any server platform. Furthermore, your customers will see great value in the fact that Samba is included with any
one- or three-year subscription of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®.
Samba is an ambitious and exciting project that delivers a remarkable level of transparent interoperability
between Microsoft Windows® and the non-Microsoft information technology world such as Linux. Samba uses
the TCP/IP protocol that is installed on the host server, which allows the host to interact with a Microsoft Windows
client or server as if it is a Windows fi le and print server. In other words, Samba speaks to Windows clients
like a native. It allows a Linux system to move into a Windows "Network Neighborhood" without causing a stir.
Windows users can happily access fi le and print services without knowing or caring that those services are being
off ered by a UNIX host.
PC Magazine published a comparison of Samba and Windows showing that Samba software surpasses the performance
of Windows 2000 by about 100% under benchmark tests, and found that Linux and Samba can handle
four times as many client systems as Windows 2000 before performance begins to drop off .
According to IDC, in 2006, fi le and print workloads will account for approximately$270M in revenue or as many
as 73 billion servers using fi le and print software. Given that Red Hat is the worldwide leader in Linux server
shipments and Samba is included with any one- or three-year Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription, your
revenue opportunity is unparalleled.
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