John Bennett said the following on 12/07/2011 07:17 AM:
Yeah, sorry, could have explained it better... We were trying to get support from 'someone' to "design" the initial system for us. Although I have quite a bit of experience with Linux, have very little (to none...) as far as setting up a "system" for a small to medium size business. This was the sort of support (ie including buying hardware and all relevant software) that we were after. Managed to get.... none! John.
There's a subtext of "get it right the first time" and "optimise it" in this, something that engineers are prone to. In reality, this is all 'silly-putty' anyway and you can re-work it if you don't make constraining decisions. There are a fantastic number of books (e.g. from Cisco) and articles on the 'Net (idib) on network layout. There are a fantastic number of books and articles (think any MBA course related material) on "Business Needs Analysis", which is going to be more important than the input of the network geeks. A Switch, a bunch of machines, Linux. Lots of flexibility there. -- "To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem". -- Carl Jung. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org