Re: Advice - solution for a company server

From: Jafar As-Sadiq Calley (nooo_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/27/05

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    Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:50:30 +0200

    On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:52:38 +0200, Soft wrote:

    > Shall Windows Small Business Server 2003 be a good solution (can a common
    > computer user operate it?), or do we really need an adminitrator to handle
    > one of the Unix systems?

    You would need someone knowledgeable to set up either system. However, if
    the Linux system is set up correctly, you can just let it run without
    needing further interaction. ie. no need to be careful about updating
    anti-virus and the like.
    As for the distro, I'd choose ones like Suse, Debian Stable or Redhat
    Enterprise(or a free clone of such as Centos or Whitebox). These all have
    easy to use graphical install and config tools to get most tasks done.
    If the system is mission critical, you might like to either invest in
    Enterprise Linux with it's paid for support structure, or get an
    Administrator to set up and watch over the system for you. He doesn't even
    need to be full time. I have a contract with a few small offices I've set
    up here in Paris whereby they pay a small monthly fee for me to remotely
    check and update their network once or twice a week. 

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