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The function of this profile is further described in Section 4.3
The hardware specification for this profile depends mainly on how many users you have.
You should opt for SCSI-disks, or SATA. Only use IDE-disks for small networks with few users.
The size of the disk (or the RAID) is dictated by how many users you have, and how much space you give each of them. See FIXMESection 8.10
A network card of good quality, 100Mbit or 1000Mbit
The CPU doesn't need to be very fast- about 500-1000MHz should do fine. This profile is mainly a file server profile.
256MB-512MB RAM should be enough.
![]() | The hardware specifications listed here are based on my own experience; yours may vary. |