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build:goals [2005/03/22 23:49] 64.85.218.10 More info on CMS goals. (CMB) |
build:goals [2005/08/08 23:44] (current) 10.69.42.100 Added more info about AIX systems. (CMB) |
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Currently, all our Internet services (email, web, mailing lists, shell accounts) run on 2 AIX | Currently, all our Internet services (email, web, mailing lists, shell accounts) run on 2 AIX | ||
- | systems. (AIX is IBM's version of UNIX.) **Michelob** is running AIX 4.3; it runs email and mailing lists. | + | systems. (AIX is IBM's version of UNIX.) **Michelob** is running AIX 4.3; it runs email and mailing lists. **Dark** was recently upgraded to AIX 5.1; it runs the SLUUG.org web site. These systems are rather old and slow, running at around 100 MHz, with 64 MB / 1 GB RAM and 4 GB / 12 GB disk space. They have also had some hardware problems recently. |
- | **Dark** was recently upgraded to AIX 5.1; it runs the SLUUG.org web site. | + | |
We want to move a portion of our current Internet functionality | We want to move a portion of our current Internet functionality | ||
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there are more people familiar with Linux than AIX. We'll also be able to | there are more people familiar with Linux than AIX. We'll also be able to | ||
do things that we hadn't be able to before, due to older software. | do things that we hadn't be able to before, due to older software. | ||
- | SpamAssassin and PHP are 2 of the major things we want to start using. | + | SpamAssassin and PHP are 2 of the major things we want to start using. (Mike Knight recently updated to the latest Perl on the AIX boxes, and was able to get SpamAssassin to work on it. However, we've still got the reliability and unfamiliarity issues.) |
One of my (Craig's) personal goals is to move management of web content to a | One of my (Craig's) personal goals is to move management of web content to a | ||
- | through-the-web content management interface. The ideal package would have the | + | through-the-web content management interface. This would allow more people to have |
+ | easier access to update our web site. The ideal package would have the | ||
following features: | following features: | ||
* Looks like a "normal" web site, with mostly static content | * Looks like a "normal" web site, with mostly static content |