Re: How many PC on a Peer to Peer network
- From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:53:21 -0400
smlunatick <yveslec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 1, 4:19 pm, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jack (MVP-Networking). <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi
Well, let say you have a small office with 16 computers using Win XP
Pro. One of computers is used as file server for Billing and other
files. All the workers would have the potential to use the server
and it would work well as long as only 10 workers use the server at
the
exact same time. It might not be the best arrangement but in many
small offices Not all workers do the same thing at the same time.
Otherwise, as I mentioned above,
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx
The main problem is, it isn't a simple matter of "one computer = one
connection" - one workstation may have several connections/handles
open at the same time. So, even if you have 11 computers & one XP
Pro box acting as the "server" don't expect it to work reliably.
Anything beyond a small handful of home/home office PCs really
doesn't work well as a workgroup, IMO. A domain lets you centrally
control / manage your security & data storage. 16 would be far
beyond what I'd ever want to support in a peer to peer network.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
"Anteaus" <Ante...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6719613E-EF48-4731-A59E-1D705D920117@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In principle the answer is ten, since that is the max number of
clients an XP
pro 'server' can service at one go.
In any case if you have more than a very few computers I would
suggest getting a server. This is comparable to buying a
filing-cabinet instead of telling people to just put the papers in
any free drawer they can find. An XP Pro computer (or Windows
2000) can in fact act as a server for
up to then users, beyond that you need a bespoke server OS which
could be Linux, Windows Server 2003, or Small Business Server.
Linux; Low cost and very reliable, but not so easy to set-up or
manage. Great if you have a unix guru on-hand, maybe not so great
if you don't. Server 2003 Standard; Flexible and effective, will
run on hardware of
moderate power, and do most things you need.
SBS; Offers a comprehensive set of features, but you have less
control over
the way it works. Needs powerful hardware, or it will run like
treacle. "Margy" wrote:
How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that
is running
on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There
are 4 printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a
network printer plugged
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One other possibility is to consider some type of network hard drive
(Network Attached Storage - NAS) and have the file stored on this.
Serveral NAS units seem to not use Windows at all for their
"controlling" operating system.
Yep - a lot run Linux. But you don't get a nice manageable AD domain that
way, of course.
.
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