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by thasenkamp

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What would be the best Operating system for a 3 TB fileserver. We want more than 10 people to access the resources so of course I need a NOS. The server may one day also be used as a webserver, but for now, it will only be used as a fileserver. Just getting some ideas from the people who know best.

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by jc2it

Only a Unix varient would be sufficient. This is approximately ~3000 GB, so you need fast, high capacity drives. The OS should not gobble up GB of space either.

If I was doing this I would start looking at Linux distributions that are stripped down and efficient.

You will want a File System that is open, extremely fast and secure. In fact this choice will probably be the determining factor in this decision. EXT3 might be a good choice, but I would look at other options too.
Read Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

If you are using Windows clients with Linux or Unix, then you will want the latest version of Samba. I would stay away from Windows Server products because they are bloated, slow, and proprietary.

by jc2it

An example of a high quality Linux distro that emphasizes efficiency would be Slackware Linux.

I have used this in File servers (not with as much as 3 TB) in the past and it works wonderfully.

by jc2it

Oh, when setting up any file server in Linux, you only need to use run level 3. The GUI will only gobble up your valuable disk space and get in your way.

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