User`s guide

42 Chapter 2 Before You Begin
 Home directories for network users can be consolidated onto one server or
distributed among various servers. While you can move home directories if you need
to, you may need to change a large number of user and share point records, so
devise a strategy that will persist for a reasonable amount of time. See the user
management guide for information about home directories.
 Some services offer ways to control the amount of disk space used by individual
users. For example, you can set up both home directory and mail quotas for users.
Consider whether using quotas will offer a way to maximize the disk usage on a
server that stores home directories and mail databases. The user management guide
and mail service administration guide describe home directory and mail quotas,
respectively.
 Disk space requirements are also affected by the type of files a server hosts. Creative
environments need high-capacity storage to accommodate large media files,
whereas elementary school classrooms have much more modest file storage needs.
The file services administration guide describes file sharing.
 If you’ll be setting up a streaming media server, you’ll need to allocate enough disk
space to accommodate a certain number of hours of streamed video or audio. See
the QuickTime Streaming Server administration guide for hardware and software
requirements and for a setup example.
 The number of NetBoot client computers you can connect to a server depends on
the server’s Ethernet connections, the number of users, the amount of available RAM
and disk space, and other factors. DHCP service needs to be available. See the system
imaging and software update administration guide for NetBoot capacity planning
guidelines.