[Sheflug] Network Design Help?

[Alan Dawson <aland [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I have working linux server - serverA -  with a number of users, web , e-mail, 
samba, mailman, single static IP...  etc all running happily.

Another server, serverB, is soon to arrive, this has a much better 
specification, dual processor, multiple scsi disks.  I am looking for ways to 
integrate it into the existing set up with as little shakeup as possible, 
though i don't mind shaking things up as long as everything lands in one 
piece!  Also one of the the things I am looking to do is to run linux terminal 
services on the new server.

My first thought were to run NIS on the serverA and set the serverB as a nis 
client giving a single log on across terminal server and e-mail, etc ( or 
single password at least? )  
I  guess I could set serverA to be samba DC and serverB to be a samba member 
server giving smb clients access to resources with a single smb  password.

I'm a bit stuck though in how disk access will work.  I'd like to be able to 
make use of serverB 's extra disk space but can't quite visualise how its going 
to work.  My users like being able to publish things by dropping them into 
their public_html folder.

could i just export the filesystem off serverB mount it on serverA and then 
treat it like a local file system?  Create symbolic links for homefolders on 
serverA pointing to serverB ?

Also I've  single tapedrive, any recommendations on software to backup multiple 
servers? 


AED
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