Re: Novell in school

Wow!
I did some reading in this group and found my old tread. Now its almost i  
year gone and we are still going strong on Netware. Now we run NW6.5 SP6  
(OES SP2?).
We have one Win2003R2-server that run F-secure Policy Manager and this  
server have 4GB RAM and a 2,8GHz Intel D820 ET64.
Ohhh my God how slow this server is!

For test purpose we have installed SLES10 SP1 and VMWare Server 1.0.3 on a  
PC with 1,5GB RAM. To test out Netware eDir8.8.1 i have istalled it as VM  
in VMWare and even if it is running on slower HW and in VM-mode, it feels  
quicker than Win-server.
Now i realy see how slow Win-server realy are!

Im teaching new collegs on how to intall and setup NW! One of my collegs  
that know Win-server says that it much easier to install and set up NW  
than Win-server.
iManager2.6 SP3 is now very quick and working like a charm. iPrint and  
iFolder did work perfect after first attempt.
I guess we will go for iFolder instead of home-directory since all  
students have their own laptop.
We also use ZfD7 Sp1 and its a must to distribute and remote manage  
workstations.

I've also trying OES Linux, but im not that impressed. Its far more  
complicated to manage and i don't like Linux filsystem.

I feel now that Netware is very stabel and easy to use. Its very sad  
Novell choose to push customers over to Linux. The Linux-part is very  
confusing since there is different solutions; SUSE Linux, SLES, OES Linux,  
openSUSE.
Im looking forward to test out OES2 when it arrives! OES2 is suppose to  
come with Netware in XEN-enviroment.

Im very happy with Netware and will support it as long as possible.
And yes im in the Narvik area :-)


På Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:06:58 +0200, skrev Niclas Ekstedt  
<niclas.ekstedt@nospam.telindus.se>:

> ...
> I hear you.
> You should bring this up with your Novell Partner or representative
> assuming you do have one. I'm not very good at pricing and licensing, but
> I know there are different models available.
>
> You're up in the Narvik area right?



-- 
Best regard,
Ronny Simonsen
Narvik - Norway
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Ronny Simonsen,

It really pleased to hear 'bout your positive results with NetWare.
It's indeed a very good NOS. When it comes to Linux, that too is a
very good NOS, at times even far better than NetWare.

Yes, navigating through the Linux jungle can be tough especially when
you're new to Linux. Novell is currently pushing a few different Linux
Solutions targeted for different customers.

On the workstation side there's SLED, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
targeted at customers who want a professional Linux desktop that can be
centrally managed. This is a solution that can be considered to be very
locked and doesn't have all the techie stuff that some clients needs.
After all it's a professional desktop intended for the workplace not a
desktop for home users.

Open SUSE is the free alternative to SLED, mainly targeted for home users
and clients that needs to be at the very front of development. It has all
you need and more when it comes to apps. It's frequently updated to allow
all the latest technology progress made.

On the Server side, there's SLES, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Much as
SLED this is targeted at clients that needs a robust and secure server OS.
This is a pure Linux OS. And doesn't include any Novell Services like OES
does.

OES, Open Enterprise Server is the pretty much considered to be the next
NetWare. It's a Linux OS, but comes with basically all the Novell Services
that you're used to, eDir, NSS, iFolder, iPrint to name just a few.
This is the natural OS to choose if you do wanna keep all your NetWare
knowledge but still move onto Linux. On OES you can have NSS volumes for
example. OES is the only Linux system that can handle NSS.

Narvik, you say. That's a great town, I've been there a couple of times,
and every time I've stopped by the WWII War Museum. That's cool.

I'm in Gothenburg/Sweden so we're not that far apart ;-)
You should look up your colleagues in Bergen, they've moved all their
schools over to Linux servers last I heard. I also have a few clients
in Sweden that's upgraded to OES on their servers.


-- 
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Niclas Ekstedt, CNA/CNE/CNS/CLS
Systems Engineer/NSC Sysop
Telindus Göteborg AB

Telindus. Change things your way

Ronny Simonsen wrote:
> 
> Wow!
> I did some reading in this group and found my old tread. Now its almost i
> year gone and we are still going strong on Netware. Now we run NW6.5 SP6
> (OES SP2?).

Same here, still with Netware, 30+ servers

> We have one Win2003R2-server that run F-secure Policy Manager and this
> server have 4GB RAM and a 2,8GHz Intel D820 ET64.
> Ohhh my God how slow this server is!

Well, that might just be the F-secure ;P

> I've also trying OES Linux, but im not that impressed. Its far more
> complicated to manage

I agree.

Sami Kapanen,

> Same here, still with Netware, 30+ servers

So what roles do all these servers have? Surely you could use Linux on
some of them? After all Novell has decided to go Linux, so that's the
future like it or not. So eventually you have to convert NetWare, question
is just which path to go. And why not keep all the knowledge you have
earned in Novell products and continue that path even be it Linux.

> Well, that might just be the F-secure ;P

Ever seen Panda :-/
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Niclas Ekstedt, CNA/CNE/CNS/CLS
Systems Engineer/NSC Sysop
Telindus Göteborg AB

Telindus. Change things your way