John:

Are you talking about using LINUX/Samba as a file server for data (DBF/DBC) only? If you wanted to run the entire application centrally from the sever (data, program, etc.), could you still do it with the LINUX server? I use this type of setup (especially on relatively fast networks) so that I can manage program updates (main program and various other supporting APPs) and other associated stuff easily and centrally, in one place.


Pertti

>Wow I have no idea what if anything that would cause a system to revert a file. I have been running Samba for many years (at least 8) and have not seen such a case. There is nothing in Samba I'm aware of that has the ability. There is nothing like a "revert". But I use Samba in a very simple form as a file server. So maybe someone else has an idea on the cause.
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>But let me say using Samba to access DBF's (that includes DBC) is very straight forward. In fact most of the distro's today provide a GUI for setup. On SUSE 10.x just open "Yast" (administration GUI) select Samba from the network services and choose how to set it up. I always start without any security and just start adding restrictions as needed.
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>The performance is great - no issues at all. I have had corruption but not any different than my window servers. Overall I'd say Samba matches the performance and reliability of any windows server I have ever worked with. I use to think that Samba out performed windows but recently that is has not been true IMO. Windows has improved with recent releases.
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>I have only 8 installs using Samba all are working like I'd expect a windows server to work. So for the money and instead of a P2P network - I'd go with Linux and Samba.
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>Johnf