[Techtalk] RHEL/SLES/SLOX

[dominik.schramm at gmxpro.net]

Hi,

Gina Lanik <geekgrrl at geekgrrl.priv.at> writes:
> [...SLES or RHEL?...]
> Pros/Cons WRT either? Suggestions what to run on the other boxen we
> don't need certification for? We basically have everything from
> backup server to domain controller, file servers, etc.  I personally
> would love to run Debian on all boxen but alas, no certification and
> we don't want to run multiple distros in our environment.

I'm in a similar situation. At work we decided to go for SuSE
since they seem to have looser license requirements, and in addition
SLES is a little cheaper than RHEL AS. I'd call the sales hotline
(or whatever) and ask them about pricing. SuSE was pretty friendly,
telling us that only one license is required (with support in that
case being restricted to one specific server, of course; but please 
do check yourself, I can't guarantee accuracy.) RH on the other hand
stressed that you need to buy support for each installation, whether 
you need it or not.

Well, it turned out that an "enterprise" linux was not needed,
so we're using the professional version now.

As for the other ones: you can never be sure that you won't have 
to install Oracle on one of them some time, can you? Sticking to
one linux flavor has its advantages (like: it's easier for the
administrators to handle the computers, identical update and
backup routines can be used), but I wouldn't overstress them.
Just my two cents...

> [...open-source groupware...]
> Does anyone here already have experience with it?

Unfortunately I don't, because money is a major issue in the company
I work for, and the Open Source (well, is it?) solutions don't save 
enough money to make it worth risking the jump.

hope this helps
bye,
dominik

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