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Samba Success in the Enterprise?

Posted by Cliff on from the asking-for-your-experiences dept.

gunnk asks: "We've deployed a Samba server here to replace some aging Novell Netware boxes. It works great: fast, secure, stable. However, we have one VIP that feels that Samba is 'amateur' software and that we should be buying Windows servers. I've been searching with little success for large Samba deployments in Enterprise environments. Anyone out there care to share stories of places that are happily running large Samba installations for their file servers? Or not so happy, for that matter — better to be informed!"

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  1. Has your VIP ever heard of a little company... by thewiz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    called Google?

    Probably not.

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  2. Just ask Novell...... by Lxy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We've deployed a Samba server here to replace some aging Novell Netware boxes

    So at some point, this VIP probably trusted Novell. Since Novell is putting all it's effort into OES linux (which ships with Samba, not to mention employed Jeremy Allison for awhile), I bet they'd have an opinion on the subject.

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  3. It just works. by CDarklock · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Samba is every bit as good as anything else for running a file server, and if you're setting your file servers up correctly, nobody will know or care what they're running. They either work or they don't.

    I would still recommend that you use Windows, because I'm at Microsoft. We like people to use Windows. You should use Windows more often. You should install it on everything. I'd be happy to explain how you could do the same things you already do with more Windows licenses. But it's sort of your job to think about what's best for your company, not ours.

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  4. Re:Even better by mrsbrisby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just say:

    ``That's why IBM and Google are big and profitable. Because they aren't run by you.''

    It'll either get you fired or promoted. I wouldn't want to work for that asshole either- no halfway decent manager is ever going to make you waste time and money challenging heresay.