In my office 200+ people and i need a storage everyone can access/share, so i created FTP server in windows but now our full office switching to linux, so lots of Linux out and I'm confused which one should i pick and which way is good in Linux?

My Requirement

1. A storage can access from local IP
2. Anyone can upload via web
3. A common folder everyone can see
4.Personal folder with fixed Disk space
5.Everyone has different User ID/Password

Thanks a lot

Likely best to go with Debian, or CentOS (Redhat equivalent). But if you want a support contract, then Redhat would probably suit.

These distros are robust & recommended for server use. However, as you already have Linux in your office, it might be best to stay with that distro, (or that which it is based on), & just configure your server from a base command line installation.

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Did you look into Owncloud?

And as for those requirements: any distribution would do.

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For a supported Linux, if you're willing to pay, either Red Hat (particularly if in the Americas) or SUSE Enterprise Linux (particularly in Europe). They're what the New York and London stock exchanges use.

For a free and support-it-yourself distro, CentOS (easier to configure than Debian if you're not a Linux expert) or perhaps whatever is used on the desktops. That depends on what the desktops have, of course; what is it?

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For All user ,I installed Ubuntu 14.04, its good but not stable for some PCs. Right now company not willing to pay anymore so i need a free distro/without support contract.is it possible to use rhel7 without support/subscriptions ?


btw Thanks For Reply

No, i didn't. is it free ? well i will google it. Thanks

Thanks David for reply. well I'm gonna pick Centos but is it also good for mail server ? and for my purpose FTP server in linux will fulfill my demand ?

anyone have any good link for ftp/mail server configuration ? and also in future i want to sit for any linux certificate so which distro will help me to learn .

For the most parts of linux distributions you can do everything with each and every. Just one would get the job done better or more easy. CentOS is definitely a server based distro.
For FTP it should suffice if you read the man page or just walk through the config file. Mail server is a different thing. Check this: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix

If you really wanna learn linux take on slackware and the slackbook and an old computer. This will get your base laied. Afer that try arch and their wiki for a wealth of knowledge. Check out tldp.org for some more tutorials. IBM has some nice tutorials on the LPI certificates.

If you are going to use Centos, it's handy to know that it's the free rebuild of RHEL, so any docs about RHEL also work on Centos.
ie https://access.redhat.com/documentat...erprise_Linux/
See also www.linuxtopia.org