Ubuntu as server for small school?

[david davidson]

> I have no idea 
> what a "SnapServer" is, but. Anyone else?
> 

http://www.snapsolutions.com/
A small NAS box.

> On Sunday 18 June 2006 15:14, david davidson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am volunteering at a small school to help them
> set
> > up a ~10 user office/admin network, and was hoping
> to
> > get some advice from you folks before proceeding.
> >
> > (Learning as I go here....)
> >
> > Here is what we have on hand:
> >
> > Hardware:
> >
> > - About 8 Dell Desktops P4 2.2 Ghz and faster.
> > - A few laptops to be used at the office and at
> home.
> > - Two laser printers with attached NetGear
> > mini-printservers.
> > - A SnapServer storage appliance.
> >
> > I might be able to get funds for a cheap desktop
> to
> > run as a "server", but as I think a Windows Server
> > license will not happen now, I am looking at
> Ubuntu.
> >
> > Software:
> >
> > - Sufficient quantity of Windows XP volume
> licenses.
> > - Sufficient quantity of Office volume licenses.
> > - Sufficient quantity of Symantec Corporate AV
> > licenses.
> > - Sufficient quantity of Symantec Ghost licenses.
> >
> >
> > Right now, all machines are in one room, but they
> need
> > to expand to a 2nd location in a different
> building.
> > Both locations have broadband Internet access, so
> I am
> > planning to link them with a couple of SOHO VPN
> > routers.
> >
> > The current setup has the SnapServer running in
> > "peer-to-peer mode" with a manually configured
> user
> > account for each machine that needs access. 
> Microsoft
> > Office is installed individually on each machine.
> > Symantec AV/Ghost are not installed yet.
> >
> > I would like to wipe all machines and start fresh,
> but
> > I am need of some guidance to help me create a
> > "maintainable" network.
> >
> > Some sort of "traveling desktop" would be ideal,
> as
> > there are more office workers than machines.  (I
> am
> > unsure if this can be done without Windows
> Server.)
> >
> > I have free reign to redesign the network from the
> > bottom up, and I would like to do things right. 
> So,
> > the more detailed advice I can get, the better.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Clarkson University
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