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Linux Server
09-05-2008 10:06 PM
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Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 12:05 AM
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For instance, do you still want to use outlook for email with calendar / busy/free etc?
Do you want POP3 or IMAP mailboxes
Will it be responsible for web, email other services?
Do you still need a domain login capability?
Do you need the system to integrate with existing SBS/Windows servers or other windows environment?
Do you use the ISA server on the SBS box for routing/controlling internet access.
Will you need SMTP mail capability
In other words, have you really thought through what SBS actually does and what features of it you actually use.
There is no free off-the-shelf solution that is simple to manage as a lot of the features will have to be configured, often from command line/file editing or simple GUI interfaces.
There are systems that can support outlook with similar features to exchange but they are not free. One I spent several months investigating was the insight server from Bynari which uses a connector plugin app for outlook to support some of the features that exchange has and uses a web-based config. Yopu can use SAMBA for file/print sharing which is fairly easy to set-up.
Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 12:10 AM
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Do you want POP3 or IMAP mailboxes - IMAP
Will it be responsible for web, email other services? It would be responsible for just web, email and vpn
Do you still need a domain login capability? No
Do you need the system to integrate with existing SBS/Windows servers or other windows environment? We just be using windows clients and no server
Do you use the ISA server on the SBS box for routing/controlling internet access. no we wont
Will you need SMTP mail capability, we would require this service
Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 12:19 AM
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Apache included with most Linux distro's will do for the web-server but you will need to know how to configure it using a text editor.
VPN: What will this be used for exactly? Do you need to be able to access any PC from outside your organisation? If so then something like tightVNC would probably work but it depends on how many PCs you want access to as each one would need a specific port forwarded in the router, and you would need to set-up static IPs.
As for what version of Linux... Ubuntu seems to be flavour of the month. Although I have not used it, it is reported to be simpler to set-up and maintain that many of the other distro's.
Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 12:46 AM
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Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 1:36 AM
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http://www.mypclinuxos.com/doku.php/business-edition
Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 6:20 AM
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Also for a business environment I would want some sort of commercial support to be available (which Bynari have) rather than an online 'community' based system.
Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 7:09 AM
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http://www.smeserver.org/
http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page
It provides most of what you are looking for, and has a range of "contribs" to fill in any gaps.
Chilly
Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 7:11 AM
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Re: Linux Server
10-05-2008 10:18 PM
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there is a variant of the Ubuntu Linux distribution that is intended to operate as a server. It contains a comprehensive selection of server applications and can be administered via a web browser I beleive. It's called Ubuntu Server Edition. I've not used it myself, but it looks like it might be good. It would be worth you taking a look at it, given the impressive reputation that the desktop distribution has.
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/serveredition
https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/server/C/
Alan.
Re: Linux Server
11-05-2008 2:09 AM
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Server wise, I would suggest the likes of RedHat / Debian based things.
# CentOS / Natural RedHat Linux.
# Debian
# SuSE (Maybe Enterprise) is probably ok as well.
I'm not a know it all when it comes to this but I've worked with all these Distro's at some point for my Desktop machines and found them useable and configurable for Webserver, Database, FTP Server and so forth.
Other than the fact I have mingled with BSD a few times - which is also used on many Servers - I can't suggest much more Server wise.
Jim,
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