> Reliability is fundamental so I'll buy from a vendor: if something > (hardware) goes wrong you can call them to solve and stop. > Which is why I'd probably buy a server
> Talking about storage, I'll use SCSI drives and a RAID1 hardware > controller. Ram more than processor is fundamental so try to keep always > a slot free for future upgrades and don't buy ram from vendor but buy it > yourself : it's cheap! > > You should deploy what you know more, since , especially with so many > users, if something goes wrong you have to be fast and effective. > > An inhouse mail server could help to backup mails. You could use imap > [give a try to dovecot, is AMAZING!] and let users access throught the > best imap client, thunderbird [m$ told it :D > http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/02/19/76061.aspx]. > Right now there are NO servers......(and no BACKUPS...) > File Server and mail server on the mail server? Well if the hardware is > well tuned [check this 3d about xfs tune, with tips on raid1 hw > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-397320-highlight-xfs+danneggiato.html > it's in italian but robotranlators can help you ;) ] and the amount of > data is note HUGE you could do it. Number and the size of files matter > either on the fileserver side etheir on the attachments. Use maildir to > improve performances and avoid mailboxes corruption. > all the fiels are on the clients now. I'd like those to move to a server so i can back them up. I'll look at amanda, though..... I've seen it, but haven't really investigated it. > Talking about backup you can deploy different kind of type. If all the > files are on the server you can use another server as backup or use > tapes . If some files are on the clients, amanda coul help you in > backing up everything you have . > > These are just some tips : good luck! > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
