[Ubuntu-PH] Ubuntu Expertise needed

[andrew]

looking for Ubuntu expertise:

assumptions: all servers and clients are running ubuntu 10.04lts server or
desktop (please feel free to comment on any item)

1. primary domain controller running openldap, managed by webgui

2. nfs and samba server (for the few windows boxes, around 5). home folder
mounted as a separate partition (need to enforce quotas)

3. around 25 desktops (home directory pathed to nfs/samba server when they
log in)

4. backup server for the pdc and file server and sql server (db is around
30gb compressed), must dump to a nas and a tape (offsite backup, manual
intervention of changing tapes at 8am daily). backup and restore should be
easy.

5. backup of pdc, files server and backup server (virtualize?) (auto
failover if available)

6. users can print to a central fax server (with two usb modems?). incoming
faxes are centralized, reviewed and dispatched to users. (auditing for what
users printed, how many pages, what doc if available, softcopy of all
records)

7. one update server for the client desktops (to save bandwith)

8. Print audit, who print, what, pages, with report summary. softcopy of all
print requests if available

9. hardware design? dell r710?

10. manage, alerts (email when errors occur like system stopped
unexpectedly...)

11. all processes are automatic


security concerns are important.

please feel free to recommend, we're looking for a best practice setup and
some additional features. if there are other, then please do recommend.

can you please point me in the right direction for a person that is
qualified to do this systems infrastructure?


thanks!

andrew
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[Noel Nuguid]

Have you tried looking into Zentyal (http://www.zentyal.com/). Although our
company uses ClearOS, I've been studying this since all of our servers are
Lucid based.

Post by andrew
assumptions: all servers and clients are running ubuntu 10.04lts server or
desktop (please feel free to comment on any item)
1. primary domain controller running openldap, managed by webgui
2. nfs and samba server (for the few windows boxes, around 5). home folder
mounted as a separate partition (need to enforce quotas)
3. around 25 desktops (home directory pathed to nfs/samba server when they
log in)
4. backup server for the pdc and file server and sql server (db is around
30gb compressed), must dump to a nas and a tape (offsite backup, manual
intervention of changing tapes at 8am daily). backup and restore should be
easy.
5. backup of pdc, files server and backup server (virtualize?) (auto
failover if available)
6. users can print to a central fax server (with two usb modems?).
incoming faxes are centralized, reviewed and dispatched to users. (auditing
for what users printed, how many pages, what doc if available, softcopy of
all records)
7. one update server for the client desktops (to save bandwith)
8. Print audit, who print, what, pages, with report summary. softcopy of
all print requests if available
9. hardware design? dell r710?
10. manage, alerts (email when errors occur like system stopped
unexpectedly...)
11. all processes are automatic
security concerns are important.
please feel free to recommend, we're looking for a best practice setup and
some additional features. if there are other, then please do recommend.
can you please point me in the right direction for a person that is
qualified to do this systems infrastructure?
thanks!
andrew
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[Allan E. Registos]

Have you tried looking into Zentyal ( http://www.zentyal.com/).
Although our company uses ClearOS, I've been studying this since all
of our servers are Lucid based.
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:45 AM, andrew <andrewuy888 at gmail.com
assumptions: all servers and clients are running ubuntu 10.04lts
server or desktop (please feel free to comment on any item)
1. primary domain controller running openldap, managed by webgui
2. nfs and samba server (for the few windows boxes, around 5).
home folder mounted as a separate partition (need to enforce quotas)
3. around 25 desktops (home directory pathed to nfs/samba server
when they log in)
4. backup server for the pdc and file server and sql server (db is
around 30gb compressed), must dump to a nas and a tape (offsite
backup, manual intervention of changing tapes at 8am daily).
backup and restore should be easy.
5. backup of pdc, files server and backup server (virtualize?)
(auto failover if available)
6. users can print to a central fax server (with two usb
modems?). incoming faxes are centralized, reviewed and dispatched
to users. (auditing for what users printed, how many pages, what
doc if available, softcopy of all records)

hylafax.org

7. one update server for the client desktops (to save bandwith)
8. Print audit, who print, what, pages, with report summary.
softcopy of all print requests if available

http://printserver:631 plus nagios(extension), http://www.papercut.com/
is a great tool for this though. I think all of the above can be done
with a combination of Ubuntu server, samba (auth=LDAP(Fedora Directory
for failover instead of openldap)), hylafax, nagios, rsynch.

9. hardware design? dell r710?
10. manage, alerts (email when errors occur like system stopped
unexpectedly...)

Can be done with Nagios

11. all processes are automatic
security concerns are important.
please feel free to recommend, we're looking for a best practice
setup and some additional features. if there are other, then
please do recommend.
can you please point me in the right direction for a person that
is qualified to do this systems infrastructure?
thanks!
andrew
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[Justin Jereza]

Post by andrew
1. primary domain controller running openldap, managed by webgui

You can have the Linux boxes authenticate with LDAP directly or with
Kerberos if you're really paranoid.

Post by andrew
2. nfs and samba server (for the few windows boxes, around 5). home folder
mounted as a separate partition (need to enforce quotas)
3. around 25 desktops (home directory pathed to nfs/samba server when they
log in)
4. backup server for the pdc and file server and sql server (db is around
30gb compressed), must dump to a nas and a tape (offsite backup, manual
intervention of changing tapes at 8am daily).? backup and restore should be
easy.

I like Bacula. Difficult to configure but everything is automated once
you're done. All you need to do is swap tapes when you get an e-mail
telling you to do so. Restores are pretty straightforward but since
some functions require issuing commands to the console, ease of use is
relative.

Post by andrew
5. backup of pdc, files server and backup server (virtualize?) (auto
failover if available)

You can use DRDB to keep the file server synced. Only issue I can see
are stale file locks when switching to backup. If you have cash to
spend, you can use SANs instead. Two SANs and two VM hosts should be
enough. It will really depend on whether those costs are justifiable.

Post by andrew
6. users can print to a central fax server (with two usb modems?).? incoming
faxes are centralized, reviewed and dispatched to users. (auditing for what
users printed, how many pages, what doc if available, softcopy of all
records)
7. one update server for the client desktops (to save bandwith)

debmirror works nicely for this so that you don't have to mirror the
entire repo. As an added bonus, you can do PXE installs of the
workstations as well.

Post by andrew
8. Print audit, who print, what, pages, with report summary. softcopy of all
print requests if available

CUPS keeps a log of all prints so you might not even have to do
anything besides process logfiles.

Post by andrew
9. hardware design? dell r710?
10. manage, alerts (email when errors occur like system stopped
unexpectedly...)

I like openNMS better than Nagios. openNMS just polls SNMP data. I
even have it configured to send me an SMS if something goes wrong.

Post by andrew
11. all processes are automatic
security concerns are important.

Just remember that increasing security, reliability, availability, and
automation will increase costs exponentially.

Post by andrew
please feel free to recommend, we're looking for a best practice setup and
some additional features.? if there are other, then please do recommend.
can you please point me in the right direction for a person that is
qualified to do this systems infrastructure?
thanks!
andrew
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