--- On Thu, 3/31/11, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa....@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa....@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ilugd] Large Debian installations in India > To: "Raj Mathur" <r...@linux-delhi.org> > Cc: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org> > Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 5:48 PM > Hi, > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Raj Mathur <r...@linux-delhi.org> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Tirveni and I just completed a large (~2500 desktops + > ~40 servers) > > installation of Debian -- Squeeze and Wheezy -- in 6 > locations in > > India. Was wondering, is anyone aware of larger or > comparable Debian > > installations in the country? Or should we be > spraining our wrists > > trying to pat ourselves on our backs? > > > > Congrats !!! > > No idea whether there is any other bigger Linux setup (not > just > Debian, but any Linux distro). But this IS a huge setup. > > Few questions popped up. Hope you will answer them for > everybody's > benefits. (Organisation name is not required) > > A. On what parameters selection of a particular distro is > done. > Pricing, support, stability etc. etc. > B. Is the decision taken by some central IT department and > imposed on > all others or is it coming from user requirements across > the country? > C. How the organisation is going to get support? > Inhouse? services > from vendors or consultants? Outsourced activity > completely? > D. What is the typical configuration of desktops, servers. > E. What was the timeframe to complete the project? > F. What are the most troublesome situations you face during > the whole > exercise. Technical, manpower handling, financial etc. > > Any other points you wish to share with us. > > I am sure answers to these will be helpful to all the FOSS > implementors as a reference point and even more to the > people who are > converting from non-FOSS to FOSS environment. > > Thanks and regards, > -Sudhanwa > Also I have some questions... 1) How the servers are connected? 2) Are they connected as nodes of a big cluster or they are placed in different location of the country and form a distributed server setup? --- নির্মাল্য লাহিড়ী [Nirmalya Lahiri] +৯১-৯৪৩৩১১৩৫৩৬ [+91-9433113536] _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
