Greetings, Mike!
>>> Understanding that a samba 4.x ADDC should be run on a an os
separate
>>> than a samba 4. file server, I was thinking of virtualizing both.
Is it
>>> common to have a single physcial server with two VM's running
samba?
>>
>> You don't need VM's.
>>
>>> If some is there a recommendation on how much hardware to start
with and
>>> how much virtual hardware to give each VM.
>>
>> None. Seriously, you're overcomplicating things.
>>
>>> I'm wondering about virtual nics and if there may be a problems
have
>>> multiple vm's accessing the network through a single physcial
nic.
>>
>> No need to wonder.
>> man ip | grep -C7 macvlan
>>
>>> This is an ADDC and file server for a small office so numbers of
users
>>> will be below 50. Any recommendations?
>>
>> What is the host OS you're using/plan to use?
> I am testing a small AD DC setup with 65 users and would like to know if
> you've had stable experience with running DC and File Server on one
server.?
On one server, but not in one instance.
I'm using in-kernel capabilities of latest Linux kernels to create separate
instances for DC and other daemons.
> My test server is Dell Poweredge 2950 with SAS hard drives and 16 GB RAM.?
> So far everything runs normally with no high load and similar I/O on samba
> ports compared to the old standalone Samba 3 server I will be replacing.
Intel Atom, 1Gb RAM, DC and MySQL server in separate containers.
Host itself runs a fileserver as a member server.
8 to 16 users, high traffic spikes (users work with large documents stored on
network shares).
Only issues so far are the user mapping management and new share creation on
member server. I can't get the rights management straight yet.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 19:29:14
Sorry for my terrible english...