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Planning LDAP SAMBA Domain Controller

I am putting together a bid which will include a comparison of using Windows 2003 Server as a primary domain controller, versus some distro (thinking Slackware or Debian) running Samba. My understanding is: if I sacrifice X and all the other bells and whistles that create overhead, I could not only save the client on licensing by using linux, but could also save them money by building a more practical smaller server.

- Are my assumptions correct?
- Should I use a different distro (keep in mind I want the pdc stripped down)
- With 20 workstations, what type of hardware (SCSI Controller? RAM? RAID?) would be appropriate for the pdc?
- Are there any resources on the web that may help 'clear up the fog'?

thanks in advance!!!

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jlevie

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etherbreeze

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great suggestions!

the client is basically going to have 20 - 25 client machines that will authenticate against the pdc - i'm also hoping to point two other sites with a few machines at the pdc through a vpn server. there will also be an exchange server with accounts for each employee, web server, mysql server and vpn server on the network. the web server will (eventually) host several applications that each client workstation will access. permissions for the different features of the application will be set using the pdc -

what other information might you need to determine the right distro and hardware to use?
could i run the vpn / pdc from the same machine? my current design has each server seperate -

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