I don't want to maintain the overhead of maintaining an OS in addition to maintaining Scalix and I'd like to buy hosting that supports tomcat and put Scalix there. Is that possible?
If it's not, can someone recommend the path of least resistance for me? Fedora Core is too unstable so that's out. Maybe CentOS or some other Redhat Enterprise fork? Whatever is going to be the absolute easiest over the short and long term. Thanks!
Some [unneccessary] backstory:
The reason for these requirements is the company I'm doing this for has ZERO IT staff except for me, a consultant who's friends with the CEO and is around every so often. They're also very small, less than 25 employees. And... they don't have very much money to spend at the moment to hire a dedicated IT employee or dedicated hardware.
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Hi djuido,
In theory what you are proposing is "possible" but it certainly wouldn't be recommended. If the hosted web server was running RHEL3 or 4, FC4 or SLES9, and they were running Tomcat 5.0.28, and they were running J2SE v 1.4.2 then that would be the configuration you would need to successfully install and run Scalix.
There are, however, many other considerations. Bandwidth, and security being two. Could you apply mod_jk to run over port 80? Would you/could you run over https? Could you install an antivirus and antispam product?
Would you have a dedicated hosted server? If you are sharing with others will there be conflicts?
Please see the system requirements at http://scalix.com/products/communityedition.html.
Best wishes,
Don
In theory what you are proposing is "possible" but it certainly wouldn't be recommended. If the hosted web server was running RHEL3 or 4, FC4 or SLES9, and they were running Tomcat 5.0.28, and they were running J2SE v 1.4.2 then that would be the configuration you would need to successfully install and run Scalix.
There are, however, many other considerations. Bandwidth, and security being two. Could you apply mod_jk to run over port 80? Would you/could you run over https? Could you install an antivirus and antispam product?
Would you have a dedicated hosted server? If you are sharing with others will there be conflicts?
Please see the system requirements at http://scalix.com/products/communityedition.html.
Best wishes,
Don
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Scalix requires so many changes that most hosting companies would want you to opt for a colocated solution rather than let you install Scalix on their box.
With that said, from my brief testing I am finding that with the comprehensive CLI Scalix offers, you can fully automate all maintenance tasks. The initial cost (time, or $ if you need to hire a *nix consultant) to set up Scalix may be a little higher than Exchange, but avoiding Exchange maintenance headaches (which I posted about elsewhere on this board) is well worth it.
Scalix requires so many changes that most hosting companies would want you to opt for a colocated solution rather than let you install Scalix on their box.
With that said, from my brief testing I am finding that with the comprehensive CLI Scalix offers, you can fully automate all maintenance tasks. The initial cost (time, or $ if you need to hire a *nix consultant) to set up Scalix may be a little higher than Exchange, but avoiding Exchange maintenance headaches (which I posted about elsewhere on this board) is well worth it.
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