Best setup for a computer repair lab?

[Amichai Rotman]

Hello,

I have a small computer repair lab. I deal mainly with small repairs and
upgrades to PCs. I'd like to setup a Linux server in the LAN with the
following roles:


   - File Server - for applications installation files and customer's Data
   backups. FreeNAS or something similar, perhaps?
   - Ghost Images repository - I heard about the FOG
Project<http://www.fogproject.org/>.
   Haven't looked into it yet, though.
   - VirtualBox Headless Server - An image for each technician to be
   accessed via RDP from within the LAN and also WAN, so wach have our
   own preferred desktop setup.
   - OpenVPN Server - using their OpenVPN Access
Server<http://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/download-openvpn-as-sw.html>
-
   or is the Virtual Appliance a better choice?


I have a bunch of old PCs I can make something of. What I mostly need is
storage space. I have a lot of different sized IDE HDDs I would like to
configure together. I think the best way would be to setup an LVM.

Is there an out-of-the-box distro for this or do I install Ubuntu Server and
add the relevant functionality after the install?

Which version of the Ubuntu Server should I use?

I'll appreciate your advice and any experience you can share...

Thanks!

Amichai.
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