plug How much RAM do u need to set up a samba server?

[John Summerfield]

On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, David Buddrige wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Am currently setting up an "experimental" linux network containing a
> linux file-server, and a linux mail server - on two 486 machines we have
> lying around, and am then going to use a third win95 machine as a dummy
> "client" machine... 
> 
> the purpose of this is to evaluate linux as a potential OS for general
> use on our servers... also to determine how easy it is to set up such a
> network (as opposed to a Micro$oft network)... 
> 
> To achieve this, I have a couple of spare 486 machines to play with -
> one with 16mb ram and the other with 4mb... (I was going to get another
> 4mb sim (for $20) and upgrade this to 8 mb)...
> 
> I was wondering, how much RAM would u need to run a samba server?  is
> 4mb enough?  is 8mb ok?
> 
> Would I best use the lower spec machine for samba or mail?

I've been running Samba for years on an 8 Mb 486DX33 along with (for a
while) mail, a web server, my internet conenxion, NFS, SOCKS5, perl
scripts etc.

For the most part it didn't seem particularly stressed: the only thing
that stresses it is running XFree: that causes LOTS of disk activity.

I gather running Linux in 4 Mb can be done, though perhaps not the RH
install.

I think to be generally useful though, 16 or maybe 32 Mb and more disk
spave (the first disk is 170 Mb) is required.

Cheers
John Summerfield
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