I have a Computer that i want to plan to make it a storage place with my neighbors can put some files and share files. Its a Dual Xeon 2ghz (256kcache old school ), with 512ram pc600 ecc. I have already 2 Sata2 Drive of 320GB, playing to get 2-4 more. Im playing also to get a pci 64bit sata2 raid, because the board is too old to have a onboard sata2 host. It have a Scsi but i just installing the os on it. And my question is should i go with windows 2003 server or Linux, Fedora Core. Because my neighbors use all windows xp, so ntfs system is easy to share and use, but i have tried fedora core a time ago the drive i was sharing was ntfs also but in linux its kinda hard to make a network system mounting ntfs drive and people to see the drive. But i never tried to format the shared drive to ext files system; is it more secure then ntfs and sharing ability to windows system ?