Jim and all, Good questions!
1. Yes it is a work environment for which I am the NetAdmin - almost all Windows based. There are these 2 Linux boxes - already in place. 2. The Linux boxes run: ClamAV, Postfix and SpamAssassin(I think?). One is the primary, the other a backup. 3. Being the email gateway(s), they are mission critical - hence the Primary/Backup. But one can go down for upgrading while the other runs on. 4. The Primary is a 1U Intel based rack mounted server - P4 CPU (don't know speed) and 1GB RAM. The Backup is an Intel tower with A P4-3GHz CPU and 512MB Ram. Don't know how to find other services running/specs... David McNair Network Administrator Jazzercise, Inc. Direct Line: 760-602-7141 Tech Support: 760-602-7158 www.jazzercise.com Save the date! Très Jazz New Orleans 2008! http://www.jazzercise.com/tresjazz.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James G. Sack (jim) Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:42 AM To: Friendly list for people new to Linux Subject: Re: ClamAV help David McNair wrote: > All, > > BTW - should I have the Postfix/ClamAV servers upgraded from Fedora 6 to 9? > Or 8 or 7? Or leave it at 6? > > Either way, browsing Amazon I found a few (what seem to be) decent books on > Fedora 6. Any recommendations for NOOB books on whichever suggested core? > > ..jumping in with a sidelines-suggestion: David, you are asking for advice in what seems like a business environment. Perhaps it would be wise to describe the environment a bit more, before some inappropriate recipe leads you into bad places. You said, as I recall, that you "inherited" the server, and your byline contains "Network Administrator".. 1. Is it correct to infer that in your normal job-duties you inherited the primary responsibility for maintaining a server already in-place, and already functioning? 2. Just what is the purpose of the server? Exactly what services are running? I guess this has already been covered, but was it covered thoroughly? Load and/or traffic may be significant -- the people who are already helping would know more about those details than I do. 3. What is the importance of the server function to business operations? If this is a mission-critical component, the suggestions may be different than if this is a utility function that wouldn't sink the company if it went away for a week. 4. What are the server particulars. Pardon, if this was already covered, but perhaps it would be good to (re-)collect together this info. What is the hardware (generally: for example, chassis-type, cpu, memory, disk, network)? OS? You said Fedora 6 and gave the clam version -- it may be worth noting versions of other services. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
