>Has anyone had the chance to test out Linux/Samba combination as a replacement low cost / more reliable and more maintainable server than NT (Service Pack Hell!) or Novell? I recently found some benchmarks about testing from ZD Net and it shows at 32 clients about a 250% performance advantage over NT at 32 clients with comparable hardware. I know that you could plug a lot more RAM into the NT server but you also have to plug in approx. $40/additional user as well. Compared to 0$/additional user and essentially a FREE downloadable Linux and Samba. Any comments appreciated.

Rich if you get a Linux/Samba file server working please let us know about it. This would be a very important option for small businesses.

Peter Robinson