[Discuss] Fwd: Small Business Server - what do you use?

[Greg Rundlett (freephile)]

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From: Greg Rundlett (freephile) <greg at freephile.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Small Business Server - what do you use?
To: Steven Santos <Steven at simplycircus.com>


Thanks for sharing Steve.

It's disconcerting that you're experiencing problems with Zentyal because
the field of choices is very narrow (with some older options either defunct
or unmaintained) and Zentyal looks like the perhaps the most promising.
 Are you using their 3.0 beta, or earlier version?  Have their forums or
documentation not been able to sort out the problems?  I assume you're not
running the paid version so you don't have access to their (paid) support.

Greg Rundlett


On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Steven Santos <Steven at simplycircus.com>wrote:

> SME is about to release a new version (9)
> I am running a Zyntal server right now, but it does not work as
> advertised (Linux clients won't connect, its not letting me add
> additional drives, Kerbose isn't working as expected)
>
> ClearOS is the next one I want to try.
> ---
> Steven Santos
> Director
> Simply Circus, Inc.
> 86 Los Angeles Street
> Newton, MA 02458
>
> P: 617-527-0667
> F: 617-934-1870
> E: Steven at SimplyCircus.com
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)
> <greg at freephile.com> wrote:
> >    - SME Server (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SME_Server) is based on
> >    CentOS.  There is
> >    - Zentyal (formerly eBox Platform
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentyal)
> >    which is based on Ubuntu.
> >    - ClearOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearOS) based on RHEL
> >
> > These projects provide an "out of the box" experience that configures
> > multiple software packages needed to setup the IT environment for small
> and
> > medium enterprises (SMBs) as FOSS alternatives to the Windows Small
> > Business Server (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Small_Business_Server)
> > and related required products from Microsoft.
> >
> > SME Server looks a little old in the tooth.  Zentyal looks to me to be
> more
> > compelling and complete (and is featured as part of the Ubuntu project).
> > ClearOS has a comparison page that shows (of course) more little green
> > checkmarks next to their offering but Zentyal is nearly identical even in
> > ClearOS' own marketing material
> >
> http://www.clearcenter.com/Software/clearos-professional-industry-comparison.html
> >
> > ClearOS seems to have less "out of the box" (requiring more setup or
> > additional paid apps) but does offer some interesting features like
> Google
> > Apps integration (
> > http://www.clearcenter.com/Software/google-apps-synchronization.html).
> >  ClearOS also seems to have more thought put into their website
> > demonstrating the solution in various contexts which is good as a way to
> > quickly assess their solution in depth.
> >
> > One of the key criteria that I'm interested in is the complete solution
> in
> > place of Microsoft Active Directory.  OpenLDAP is often the 'answer', but
> > there are many pieces that need to work together to get a full IT
> > infrastructure (certificates, Domain Controller, DNS, etc).  Zentyal
> offers
> > a presentation that discusses how they integrated Samba4 which includes
> > it's own LDAP server (and explains a bit why OpenLDAP was not possible)
> > https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/6793/71711 (registration required to
> > view)
> >
> > Any experiences to share or preferences to describe when it comes to
> > deploying an IT infrastructure for the SMB market?
> >
> >
> > Greg Rundlett
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