Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:43:12 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Ralph M. Los" <Ralph@boundariez.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supporting backup batteries over serial port? Message-ID: <408C06C0.6000105@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <B06CC0370BBC0F4EA588FD6952A93925022985@tenacious.boundariez.com> References: <B06CC0370BBC0F4EA588FD6952A93925022985@tenacious.boundariez.com>
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Ralph M. Los wrote: >Hi, > I'm thinking of converting the last of my servers (Win2k) to >FreeBSD. This last box has the following things, and I want to make >sure I can get the equivalent in FreeBSD. Could someone give me >suggestions on the stuff I can't find info on? > > > This is a long list, so you've a good bit of work to do. Generally, it can all be done. I must say I've not much experience with some of the below, though. >1. Backup (PowerChute-like app, from Belkin?) --> don't know of any >alternative in FreeBSD > > There are a couple. nut, upsmon, and upsd are all under /usr/ports/sysutils. I set nut up a while back, but my UPS battery died before I got it working (here at home) and I've not yet replaced it. (After a recent round with fsck, I've found I need to make that a higher priority...) >2. Exchange 2000 --> Qmail + SquirrelMail + clamAV + SpamAssassin ?? >(How hard is this to setup?) > > Can't say. Sendmail dual + SpamAssassin/clamAV/amavis here. >3. Split-DNS server (internal and external) --> Is there a how-to on >BIND for this? > > Probably. Google is your friend, of course; also, there is a list of additional references in the handbook, 19.10.10 (which, as you have noticed, tells a lot about running BIND but not necessarily[?] about split DNS... >4. PDC --> Assuming SAMBA can do this? White-Paper, or how-to? > > Yup. Check www.samba.org for docs... >5. Backup Server (BackupExec v9.1) --> Arkeia backup solution? >(Freeware?) or comp?? > > There's a bit of talk about "bacula" --- I'm looking into it soon. >THANKS everyone, 3 down, one to go! > >|Ralph > > Good luck! Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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