[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in a networked workplace

[Simon Greenwood]

On 16 November 2011 21:54, Andres <andresmp at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
> Curiosity question:
> If ubuntu was installed in a company with around 1600 desktops and laptops
> that need to be networked with shared server drives and need to be backed
> up daily. I guess antivirus and normal security would also be needed. What
> would be the boot up time of a computer that normally takes 5 to 10 minutes
> to boot up with XP? The servers run on linux, btw.
>
> Would doing a backup still slow the computer down significantly?
>
> The reason i ask is that i found that when turning on my work computer
> (xp) with out of network the boot up speed increased significantly. And was
> thinking if this problem would be the same even if switching from xp to
> linux.
>
>
The slow aspect of a networked boot is often finding connected drives and
mounting them. If SMB or NFS drives are still required then they will still
be a bottleneck.

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