Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-23 Thread Bill Weiss
Bill Weiss(pdxli...@houdini.spum.us)@Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 11:59:18PM +: > Ben Koenig(techkoe...@gmail.com)@Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:17:30PM -0700: > > Nevermind. I just realized that math isn't all that hard. > > > > I got get myself a cabinet over here: > >

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-23 Thread Bill Weiss
Ben Koenig(techkoe...@gmail.com)@Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:17:30PM -0700: > Nevermind. I just realized that math isn't all that hard. > > I got get myself a cabinet over here: > https://www.portlandcolocation.com/colocation/secure-cabinets/ > (Totally reasonable math snipped) > Am I missing

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-22 Thread Cryptomonkeys.org
Unless you have a small(er) percentage of those 500 users doing webmail, I suspect that a single box would not be sufficient. This probably applies to any web-based dynamic content. Anything static is trivial to serve in quantity. Also, because its dynamic, you can’t particularly make good use

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-22 Thread logical american
On 9/21/2018 6:17 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: Am I missing anything for this 500 user self-hosted email/collab/fileshare server? Is $6k scary enough to send me running back in Google's open arms? --Ben Thank Ben for the input, most of it is in the general ballpark. This is exactly what I am looking

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-21 Thread Cryptomonkeys.org
Email is perhaps the easiest one. A single modern server running postfix/dovecot can easily handle the mail for those users. Assuming you will do some SSO using something like ldap/postgres, there are appropriate connectors and config knobs. If you want everybody to use webmail, then you’ll

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-21 Thread Ben Koenig
Nevermind. I just realized that math isn't all that hard. I got get myself a cabinet over here: https://www.portlandcolocation.com/colocation/secure-cabinets/ Then I build myself an Epyc server on Newegg (using a fake credit card number, stay safe) External wish list link here

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-21 Thread Ben Koenig
Let's assume I'm an aspiring Google IT guy and I'm preparing for an interview as a Google System Adminstrator. If I want to build a server that can handle emails from 800 users (500 with some headroom) what would I need? Assume that my internet connection is capable. What kind of CPU do I need

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-20 Thread Tomas Kuchta
When looking at the requirements 200-500 users - I cannot imagine any practically useful scenario without single sign on solution al least across the web services and centralized group/access control. With 200-500 users there would be fair amount of user and access management workload. This needs

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-20 Thread Tyrell Jentink
It's been several years since I looked into this... Like others have said, the administrative overhead is substantial, and I ultimately decided that it was just easier and more reliable (for my needs) to use Google. That said... The top product I was looking at at the time was Kolab,

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-19 Thread Johnathan Mantey
Yes I suppose I should have put a large number of smileys after it. On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 4:21 PM logical american wrote: > On 9/19/2018 2:45 PM, Louis Kowolowski wrote: > > What kind of budget is allocated for this? > Louis: > > I don't know yet, but I suspect significant funds will

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-19 Thread logical american
On 9/19/2018 2:45 PM, Louis Kowolowski wrote: What kind of budget is allocated for this? Louis: I don't know yet, but I suspect significant funds will need to be allocated for this system. I want to know if it is doable, first, then about how much per month to do it. I know a good system

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-19 Thread logical american
On 9/19/2018 2:41 PM, Johnathan Mantey wrote: Run away! Is this meant to be in jest? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-19 Thread Louis Kowolowski
What kind of budget is allocated for this? Managing a system for 250-500 users is non-trivial. Scaling a solution for this will have non-trivial hardware/network costs associated unless there are some significant limitations placed on how many people can access at a time, and/or what size

Re: [PLUG] question on system

2018-09-19 Thread Johnathan Mantey
Run away! On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 1:39 PM logical american wrote: > Hello again: > > Can anyone suggest a linux system server which will successfully do the > following? > > 1. successfully imitate and replace the Google Groups program > 2. successfully imitate and replace the Google gmail

[PLUG] question on system

2018-09-19 Thread logical american
Hello again: Can anyone suggest a linux system server which will successfully do the following? 1. successfully imitate and replace the Google Groups program 2. successfully imitate and replace the Google gmail server 3. allow Google drive operations or simulate those operations I am seeking