Let's assume I'm an aspiring Google IT guy and I'm preparing for an interview as a Google System Adminstrator.
If I want to build a server that can handle emails from 800 users (500 with some headroom) what would I need? Assume that my internet connection is capable. What kind of CPU do I need to process 800 incoming and outgoing emails in a given moment? On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 3:53 PM Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote: > When looking at the requirements 200-500 users - I cannot imagine any > practically useful scenario without single sign on solution al least across > the web services and centralized group/access control. > > With 200-500 users there would be fair amount of user and access management > workload. This needs to be distributed to data owners/managers/leaders. > > That is beside the already mentioned associated storage, backup, security > and disaster recovery management. > > There are other companies beside G-company providing these kind of services > or enterprise level support. Some examples: Kolab, Nextcloud, Collabora, > ... > > Regardless of solution chosen - someone has to manage it full time. Given > the number of users - it is critical - hence it needs more than one > individual to cover for vacation/sickness/disasters/etc. > > Just adding to the list of consideration. Do look up the services mentioned > above though. They work like G-company, but they are OSS, and the platforms > are deployable and manageable by individuals - so the lock-in is not as > strong as with proprietary services. > > Tomas > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 7:13 AM Tyrell Jentink <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's been several years since I looked into this... Like others have > said, > > the administrative overhead is substantial, and I ultimately decided that > > it was just easier and more reliable (for my needs) to use Google. > > > > That said... The top product I was looking at at the time was Kolab, > > http://kolab.org, and it SEEMS to meet many of your requirements... > > > > I consider it unlikely that a company of this size would be served by any > > single application... If I were setting up Kolab for a client, a good > > amount of energy would have to be put into questions like "How do we > manage > > users?" And "How do we manage storage?" And "How do we manage backups?" > > > > Like, maybe you will find that managing lots of users pushes you into > > needing an LDAP server, possibly with Single Signon. As you add these > > "Supporting" services, your security footprint increases, and you may > need > > additional firewall and intrusion detection software; Maybe these > services > > should be on "Bastion Servers," individual servers for each service to > > increase both performance and security... Maybe you virtualized some. > > > > Maybe those questions lead to non-Linux answers... Maybe you find > managing > > the workstations of all those users works best with ActiveDirectory > rather > > than OpenLDAP; Maybe you find that managing the storage requires > something > > more robust than LVM on XFS or EXT4... And then is Kolab's file sharing > > (WebDAV, if I remember correctly) enough for your users? Adding SMB and > NFS > > can have unintended complications. > > > > And all of those questions have to be balanced against the inherent > feature > > creep that comes from wandering down this road. > > > > For many companies, the answer is to simply let Someone Else do it... > > Often, that Someone Else is Google. > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 13:40 logical american <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello again: > > > > > > Can anyone suggest a linux system server which will successfully do the > > > following? > > > > > > 1. successfully imitate and replace the Google Groups program > > > 2. successfully imitate and replace the Google gmail server > > > 3. allow Google drive operations or simulate those operations > > > > > > I am seeking to move a large group of users (200-500) from Google > Groups > > > and gmail over to a stand-alone server and provide some type of Google > > > drive functionality also for them, but at a bare minimum a common area > > > to download files must exist so users can store their files. > > > > > > What would you suggest? > > > > > > The users are in the public domain. > > > > > > Thanks for the input > > > > > > - Randall > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
