A NAS server allows users to access files and images just like a typical network drive. |
A print server can rip, store and queue hundreds of megabytes of print jobs without slowing down the network. |
When I go to the Macintosh, I can see the Linux server and access any file I want from it. |
Web browsers can then use the local Squid cache server as a proxy HTTP server, reducing access time as well as bandwidth consumption. |
So my poor server is trying to make big changes while lots and lots and lots of people are trying to access it. |
I've even got some webspace on the school server I'm not using these days, so I could host for a while. |