On Wed, 30 May 2018 09:57:12 +0200 Marco Gaiarin via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> Mandi! Andrew Bartlett via samba > In chel di` si favelave... > > > > So I take it from the above, that whilst it isn't a good idea to > > > use a DC as a fileserver if you have the resources, it will work > > > for a small office set up. > > Exactly. > > I add a magic word. 'Virtualization'. ;-) > > Even on smaller setup, instead of installing samba directly on bare > metal could be useful and not too much complicated installing a > virtualization system (Proxmox?) and fire up two VM, one as DC and one > as DM. >Lets be honest here, if you are in a small office and the computer you are planning to install Samba as a DC on, is capable of also running some form of VM with a fileserver in it, then it is also probably capable of just running the DC as a fileserver. Less to setup and maintain. Rowland
Viktor Trojanovic
2018-May-30 09:14 UTC
[Samba] Q: Samba4 AD DC & small office file sharing
On 30 May 2018 at 10:21, Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:> On Wed, 30 May 2018 09:57:12 +0200 > Marco Gaiarin via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > > > Mandi! Andrew Bartlett via samba > > In chel di` si favelave... > > > > > > So I take it from the above, that whilst it isn't a good idea to > > > > use a DC as a fileserver if you have the resources, it will work > > > > for a small office set up. > > > Exactly. > > > > I add a magic word. 'Virtualization'. ;-) > > > > Even on smaller setup, instead of installing samba directly on bare > > metal could be useful and not too much complicated installing a > > virtualization system (Proxmox?) and fire up two VM, one as DC and one > > as DM. > > > > Lets be honest here, if you are in a small office and the computer you > are planning to install Samba as a DC on, is capable of also running > some form of VM with a fileserver in it, then it is also probably > capable of just running the DC as a fileserver. Less to setup and > maintain. > > Rowland > > >I'm still going to add containerization to the picture. Yes, more to setup and (a bit) more to maintain but very soft on resources. And if your directory/company gets bigger, it's as easy as 1-2-3 to just move the DC or fileserver container to a bigger server, physical or virtual. Viktor
On Wed, 30 May 2018 11:14:04 +0200 Viktor Trojanovic <viktor at troja.ch> wrote:> On 30 May 2018 at 10:21, Rowland Penny via samba > <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 May 2018 09:57:12 +0200 > > Marco Gaiarin via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > > > > > Mandi! Andrew Bartlett via samba > > > In chel di` si favelave... > > > > > > > > So I take it from the above, that whilst it isn't a good idea > > > > > to use a DC as a fileserver if you have the resources, it > > > > > will work for a small office set up. > > > > Exactly. > > > > > > I add a magic word. 'Virtualization'. ;-) > > > > > > Even on smaller setup, instead of installing samba directly on > > > bare metal could be useful and not too much complicated > > > installing a virtualization system (Proxmox?) and fire up two VM, > > > one as DC and one as DM. > > > > > > > Lets be honest here, if you are in a small office and the computer > > you are planning to install Samba as a DC on, is capable of also > > running some form of VM with a fileserver in it, then it is also > > probably capable of just running the DC as a fileserver. Less to > > setup and maintain. > > > > Rowland > > > > > > > I'm still going to add containerization to the picture. Yes, more to > setup and (a bit) more to maintain but very soft on resources. And if > your directory/company gets bigger, it's as easy as 1-2-3 to just > move the DC or fileserver container to a bigger server, physical or > virtual. > > ViktorWe are talking about a DC here, if you feel you need the 'fileserver' portion moved to a separate machine, this is very easy, just create a new Unix domain member and rsync the data to this. If you feel you need another DC, just add one. When you add any complexity, someone has to maintain it and, in a small office, this is usually whoever gets nominated. Rowland