gordlam2000
2009-08-23, 04:04 AM
Has anyone used UBUNTU Linux File server as the networking operating system to share Autocad and Revit Drawings?
Currently our company is using Windows Server 2003 on some projects (it works solid) but before we use to use Mac Tiger OSX server (not too stable on Autocad drawings). A lot of times Autocad drawings mysteriously became locked and they disappeared as if some one deleted them. But also Revit central files would become corrupt quite often.
A friend of mine told me that they have used UBUNTU Linux server for their accounting office that stores accounting data and documents. They have never had any crashes or data corruption. Bottom line UBUNTU is open source with unlimited CALS. Microsoft Servers are great but are expensive. UBUNTU networks well with Windows desktops.
Currently our company is using Windows Server 2003 on some projects (it works solid) but before we use to use Mac Tiger OSX server (not too stable on Autocad drawings). A lot of times Autocad drawings mysteriously became locked and they disappeared as if some one deleted them. But also Revit central files would become corrupt quite often.
A friend of mine told me that they have used UBUNTU Linux server for their accounting office that stores accounting data and documents. They have never had any crashes or data corruption. Bottom line UBUNTU is open source with unlimited CALS. Microsoft Servers are great but are expensive. UBUNTU networks well with Windows desktops.