On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 17:26, Ephraim Muchemi <emuchemi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks,
Having a tough time deciding between ClearOS and Zentyal and I'm seeking advise from any GEEKY Skunk who has experience from both applications.
One thing similar is they are an Open Source alternative to Microsoft Small Business Server. Question is which is better (installation, management, applications etc) and why? Got limited time to test run both. Online search not giving conclusive results. Any assistance is appreciated
I'd say, two days would be enough for you to test run both from a VMWare Workstation environment. In the process, you should be looking at the features you see and check them out against with what you want (from your checklist). At the end of the two days, you look at the scores and decide which one to adopt. It basically boils down to two things: Features & Hidden Costs. Don't be deceived about the absence of any hidden costs. The opinion of a GEEKY Skunk who has experience from both systems doesn't count much towards your requirements. I can tell you for sure, that if your organization has less than 500 users, then it's pretty easy to migrate from one to another in a few hours while they (non-IT staff) are asleep. Just schedule a downtime, lose one night's sleep and voila! Migrating between Unix environments for such a small number is so painless. Cheer up, bite a few bullets between your teeth and start with either of them. I did look at Zentyal sometime back when it was discussed on this forum and I must say I did not see much besides the LDAP integration that supports SSO. For a single server, this is nothing. For a server farm, yes, it would help, but I doubt you are going into a distributed service environment, so I assume a single server (with REDUNDANT STORAGE - this is a MUST, sir). I like cobbling together a server if I need one, so take my advise with a pinch of salt - I am a little biased:-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
