"Improve our communication"
or
"What NethServer should be"
or
"NethServer vs ..."
or
"Is NethServer better than a dedicated utm distro?"
A lot of ideas and discussions.
Let's talk on a real case: A small company which offer IT&C services to other companies from public sector and private. The goal is to replace all Windows Servers, when is possible, with Linux Servers, free distributions.
The network infrastructure is shown in the below picture (in this moment there are no NS2, ownCloud, BDC/AD and NS1 is in the RED (WAN) zone).
The Internet access (inbound/outbound):
a public IP subnet routed through two ISP with BGP service (a primary connection and a secondary/backup connection).
The servers:
UTM: Endian 3.0.5 beta 1. Can be replaced with other distro? Why?
NS1: Authoritative Name Server - Win 2003 (will be replaced with Bind on Ubuntu I think) - Can other distro be used? Why?
NS2: Secondary Name Server - will be Bind on Ubuntu I think - Can other distro be used? Why?
EMAIL HOSTING: Zentyal 4.2 - Can be replaced with other distro? Why?
WEB HOSTING LAMP: Ubuntu, WP - Can be replaced with other distro? Why?
ownCloud: will be NethServer - Can other distro be used? Why?
osTicket: Ubuntu - Can other distro be used? Why?
PDC / AD: Windows 2008 Std. Will be replaced with Zentyal 4.2 - Can be replaced with other distro? Why?
Video Surveillance: Windows 2008 Std. Will be replaced with NetServer & ZoneMinder ? - Can be replaced with other distro? Why?
Can be this example a good subject for future productive discussions?
Can this example give us proper responses to our questions: "What NethServer should be", "NethServer vs ...", "Is NethServer better than a dedicated utm distro?", Web GUI or CLI?. ...
Let's try! Or not?
Have a nice weekend!
Kind regards,
Gabriel
