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This is more of a comment than a question. I have been
administering Notes/Domino for a while (9 years and dozens of servers).
Mostly NT but some on AS/400, AIX, Solaris and Linux. Here are a couple
of points in Linux's favour:
Better Remote Administration
NT or windows 2000 requires fat pipes connecting to the server for remote
administration and a license of pcanywhere or terminal services. With
Linux I use SSH (+ cconsole) and the Notes Admin client meets all my
needs. Typically with a server hang you can't login remotely via pcanywhere
or shutgui to reboot the box. Via ssh I have never had a problem.
More powerful Administration tools
Logs can be scanned more easily for errors in an automated way (there
are dozens of perl scripts free). Upgrades to the operating system are
easier for multiple machines. Try apt-get or the redhat network and
you will be impressed. Also it is easy to have Domino log to a text
file so that you can monitor it instead of the log.nsf through free
perl scripts.
No Notes client on the server
Some would say this is a problem - on the contrary - this leads to a
more secure server installation.
Better security
Linux has a firewall built right into the kernel and support for syn
cookies etc... A secure server only has port 22 (ssh) and 1352 open
and a firewall built right on the machine. It can be used as a great
VPN/proxy server as well.
Easier to automate administration
Through the use of perl or shell scripts and commands. I love the command
/server -c "command" to automate Domino server commands.
Better use of commodity hardware and better
availability
Too many companies rely on Microsoft wolfpack as a form of redundancy
- this only gives hardware availability. Through the use of Domino clustering
and cheaper commodity hardware companies can save significantly while
at the same time experience higher uptimes than exchange or domino on
nt.
Better process management
Limit applications from grabbing all the system resources if you have
multiple applications on the server.
Disadvantages:
There is more to know with Linux. Learning curve for those whose who
aren't enthusiastic can be steep.
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