Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:16:26 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Magel, Reid (DIS)" <DavidMa@dis.wa.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I am new to BSD Message-ID: <20100430161626.GA5089@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <B82D39B28F09CD4BBE90E01A9097FAD801212BBD@ssvmxolydis02.ssv.wa.lcl> References: <B82D39B28F09CD4BBE90E01A9097FAD801212BBD@ssvmxolydis02.ssv.wa.lcl>
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 08:52:50AM -0700, Magel, Reid (DIS) wrote: > Here is what I want to use it for. > > I have background in the Avaya/Lucent PBX world and I know how reliable > Unix is. > > I would like to install a "version of unix" on a computer and just use > it for the following purposes. > > 1. I want to add a couple terabyte drives to it and share them on > my network. I want my kids and wife to be able to backup their files > from a Windows XP, Windows7 or Vista machine to these terabyte drives. > 2. I want to be able to load Asterisk on this machine and utilize a > couple digitrex boards. > 3. I may attach a printer to this box and share it across my > network. > > Let me know your thoughts. Sounds like a good idea. Samba can handle connections from the MS machines. I am not familiar with Asterisk, but it is in the ports at /usr/ports/net/asterisk You may want to go with an AMD64 type CPU system rather than i386 because the sizes you are talking about are pretty big - though far from too big for either. ////jerry > > Thanks reid > > David (Reid) Magel > Department of Information Services > Local Telephone Service-Tech Support > Post Office Box 42442 > Olympia, WA 98504-2442 > Office: (360) 902-3350 > Pager: (206) 819-3256 > Fax: (360) 586-6280 > email davidma@dis.wa.gov > text page: 2068193256@vtext.com > > <<Magel, Reid (DIS).vcf>> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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