Best setup for a computer repair lab?

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a small computer repair lab. I deal mainly with small repairs and
> upgrades to PCs. I'd like to setup a Linux server in the LAN with the
> following roles:
>
> File Server - for applications installation files and customer's Data
> backups. FreeNAS or something similar, perhaps?
> Ghost Images repository - I heard about the FOG Project. Haven't looked into
> it yet, though.
> VirtualBox Headless Server - An image for each technician to be accessed via
> RDP from within the LAN and also WAN, so wach have our own preferred desktop
> setup.
> OpenVPN Server - using their OpenVPN Access Server - or is the Virtual
> Appliance a better choice?
>
> I have a bunch of old PCs I can make something of. What I mostly need is
> storage space. I have a lot of different sized IDE HDDs I would like to
> configure together. I think the best way would be to setup an LVM.
> Is there an out-of-the-box distro for this or do I install Ubuntu Server and
> add the relevant functionality after the install?

Regarding LVM, you can create it with Ubuntu server, during installation.

Regarding services, Ubuntu 11.10 comes with these default options:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/153/19388482.png



> Which version of the Ubuntu Server should I use?

I think you should pick either 11.10 or 10.04.x LTS.


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