I guess I'll be the black sheep and vote for Linux :-)
IMO a headless linux box running webmin is pretty much perfect for your needs. Webmin is a web-based interface that lets you administer a linux machine, and has nice GUI interfaces for a whole host of things, including Samba.
I have a celeron 500 in the closet as my backup server. It runs samnba for my windows boxes and NFS for my linux boxes. Since I set it up a couple of months ago I haven't had to touch it at all - in fact except for my monthly dvd backup I forget that it's there.
IMHO, for what you want windows is overkill. Then again, you've got a beefy enough server, so if you like a nice familiar interface and don't feel like playing with linux, go for it.
I guess I'll be the black sheep and vote for Linux :-)
IMO a headless linux box running webmin is pretty much perfect for your needs. Webmin is a web-based interface that lets you administer a linux machine, and has nice GUI interfaces for a whole host of things, including Samba.
I have a celeron 500 in the closet as my backup server. It runs samnba for my windows boxes and NFS for my linux boxes. Since I set it up a couple of months ago I haven't had to touch it at all - in fact except for my monthly dvd backup I forget that it's there.
IMHO, for what you want windows is overkill. Then again, you've got a beefy enough server, so if you like a nice familiar interface and don't feel like playing with linux, go for it.
Ben