Im reflecting on a infrastructure project I did recently and how this might have been done using Linux servers (Ubuntu). In this example the desktops have to remain the approved XP SOE. To give an outline of the environment:
* 1450 desktops running Windows XP on a SOE in three buildings separated via fibre connections * Beyond the SOE applications are packaged into MSI's and controlled via group policy * AD is used throughout The services for the servers are: * File serving over the fibre connection to the large replicated SANs (there is two) that stores all data * Authentication * Software distribution for patches and MSI packages to be installed into the desktops as allowed by group policy * DNS * Mail * NTP * Intranet and Internet web serving * Print serving * Monitoring and alert system * Single sign on * Security auditing of desktops Two eight way servers (for scalability) were depoyed in seperate physical locations and setup in a cluster for all services to allow for online maintenance of one node. The servers had no internal storage and they booted off a LUN in the SAN. Im not sure about the software distribution aspetcs and group policy? Im curious about this. What I see happening is Linux being used for app / web / DB servers but not alot in infrastructure for desktops - maybe it just the places Ive worked at. Thoughts? -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
