<div>Some of you might have seen we have been heavily contemplating the migration from SCO to CentOS Linux.</div>
<div>Well, the time is quickly approaching to get this started. I have a few questions I'd like some guidance on.</div>
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<div>The server we're going to be using is a Dell PowerEdge w/Dual Xeon processors, 8GB RAM and 4x146GB drives w/Perc RAID controller.</div>
<div>(this is just what I have to work with - don't shoot the messenger lol)</div>
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<div>So, my thoughts are:</div>
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<div>1) Build 2 mirror RAID volumes - one for the CentOS and one for filePro and all the data (would you agree/disagree with this approach? if you disagree, I'm open for ideas)</div>
<div>2) I obviously have to migrate the users to Linux (is there a 'quick' way to do this? I have about 75 users to create on the new system)</div>
<div>3) I will need to configure our printers, which are Konica/Minolta BizHubs -- is there any 'magic' to doing this on Linux vs SCO?</div>
<div>4) We have a LOT of scripts that are written using the Bourne shell (/bin/sh) - do I need to do anything magical on the Linux side to make these work when I copy them over?</div>
<div>5) We have approx 25 GB of data that needs to move and I will copy that over the LAN. Does anything special need to happen with the filePro data files when I move them from SCO to CentOS?</div>
<div>6) I'm looking for a backup system that will backup our data nightly - something preferably where I can rotate tapes and keep a copy offsite as well.We are very heavily dependent on our data (as I'm sure you all are) and with any kind of 'downtime' we're in big trouble not being able to produce revenue.</div>
<div> Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions on best way to do daily backups, etc? Our data footprint will continue to grow so it's needs to be fairly scalable and be able to grow with us.</div>
<div>7) Anything else I need to 'be on the lookout' for when doing this conversion that perhaps I haven't thought of?</div>
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<div>Thanks for any/all suggestions - our server should be here by Thursday and am hoping to get it started this weekend.</div>
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<div>Thanks</div>
<div>Scott</div>