Re: Netatalk Server

[Kit Halsted <kit_(_at_)_kithalsted_(_dot_)_com>]

At 1:37 PM -0700 7/9/02, Ben Goren wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:53:24PM -0400, Kit Halsted wrote:
>
> >  is anyone using  OpenBSD as an AppleShare server  in a heavy-use
> >  environment?
>
> Not currently, and not OpenBSD, but  several years ago I had a 486
> using  Linux (probably  Red  Hat 4.1)  working  beautifully as  an
> AppleShare server  for a  lab /  classroom with  a few  dozen Macs
> (mostly  PPC  with  some  leftover  68040s)...and  it  was  a  Web
> server...and mail  server...and I even  let a  friend use it  as a
> Quake server...and....

Understood.

> Anyway, I'd be astounded if something comparable built with modern
> hardware and software didn't perform just fine.

I see your point, though I must admit that I'm generally only 
astounded when computers do what they're supposed to without my 
having to go for the sledgehammer...

Actually, that's pretty much why I'm going with OpenBSD for this: 
it's way more likely to just _keep_ working than the other options & 
it tends to do what I tell it to with a minimum of fuss.

Thanks,
-Kit
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