The NetMax installer will first erase the hard drive in the dedicated machine, and then proceed to install the system software, which is basically a Red Hat Linux distribution.
The install process is very streamlined and takes less than 15 minutes. There are few technical decisions to be made, and the few that there are (setting up the networking addresses, configuring a root user account) are explained clearly. By far, this was the easiest Linux install we've ever experienced.
Once set up, NetMax is controlled via a Web interface that offers control over all of the server's functions: from managing user accounts, e-mail services, Web serving, network and firewall behavior, and network file shares. In essence, NetMax is a Web-based user interface for managing a Red Hat Linux installation.
The interface is clean, complete with context-sensitive help, and a minimum of obtuse options or decisions. It would be incorrect to suggest that one need not know anything technical to manage a NetMax server, but one can certainly be productive with much less technical expertise than is required for the average Linux-based server................
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