[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu small office server

[Hilton Gibson]

Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> 2009/3/25 Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>:
>> Charl Wentzel wrote:
>>> Hi Guys
>>>
>>> After some serious hardware failures I decided its time to install a
>>> central server in our office environment for which I plan to use Ubuntu
>>> Server edition (busy downloading) on a Pentium server.
>>>
>>> After doing a lot of reading on the subject and feeling a bit
>>> overwhelmed by all the technical information (I did know there is so
>>> much to know!) I decided to ask the mailing list for help on a specific
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> I plan to do many things, but the thing I'm most concerned about its
>>> data integrity.  I plan to setup a Samba server (my wife still uses
>>> Windows) but would like to implement:
>>> - Redundant storage
>>> - Automated backups
>>>
>>> Given I'm using an old desktop PC as the server I don't have RAID.  Is
>>> it possible to do duplication on two hard drives on the same machine?
>>> Maybe as a start, before I invest in another hard drive is it possible
>>> to implement duplication across two partitions?
>>>
>>> I have a DVD drive available in the machine.  Can I automate scheduled
>>> backups of data directories to DVD?
>>>
>>> Charl
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Charl
>>
>> Check out:
>> http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Enterprise_Server_Management
>>
>> Should give you some good starting points.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> hg.
>>
>>
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> 
> Just as matter of interest, since I haven't done this before.
> 
> How well does Ubuntu server compete against say Windows Small Business
> server with AD + Roaming Profiles + MS Exchange?
> 
Hi

Check: http://www.likewise.com/products/likewise_open/

It is now in the 9.04 repo's.

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