Kolab-users Digest, Vol 39, Issue 2

[rajnish kumar]

would you able to thunderbird or any other mail client to configre
your imap from kolab
server ?
with regd
rajnish

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>    1. Kolab with 1500 user's (rajnish kumar)
>    2. Kontact - Could not connect to host (Jason McVeigh)
>    3. Re: Kolab with 1500 user's (Nuno Silva)
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> From: "rajnish kumar" <kumarrajnishgupta at gmail.com>
> To: kolab-users at kolab.org
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 15:58:18 +0530
> Subject: Kolab with 1500 user's
> > To: kolab-users at kolab.org
> > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:13:33 +0530
> > Subject: Kolab with 1500 user's
> > Dear experts and Gunnar sir
> >                    Actually now a days i was try to testing open
> > source collaboration suits lastly i was stop with zimbra and kolab but
> > i see that zimbra is not completly open source suite ultimetly i am on
> > the way of kolab so dear i required some advice by all of you.
> >
> > I have intel based 64 bit server. I want 1500 user's in kolab
> >
> > 1.  which Operating System should i choose ( Fedora, CentOs, Debian,
> > Gentoo ) for kolab.
> >
> > 2. What Partition should be used for better performance..
> >
> > 3. For 1500 hundred user's how much Ram required and speed of
> > processor required.
> >
> > 4. We required about 2 TB hard disk space for mails so should i go for
> > Lvm or  RAID
> >
> > 5. How kolab support  cluster and high availability .
> >
> > with regds
> > rajnish
> >
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Jason McVeigh" <jason.mcveigh at gmail.com>
> To: kolab-users at kolab.org
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 11:30:42 -0400
> Subject: Kontact - Could not connect to host
> Hello;
>
> I have recently installed KOLAB on my server.  The installation appears to
> be successful.  I can access the Kolab "Manage Services" section from my web
> browser.  I have created a user.  I am attempting to configure that user
> within Kontact.  I have tried various methods including 'kolabwizard' and
> the manual configuration described within the documentation.  I receive the
> error message "could not connect to host" within KMail when I attempt to use
> the Kolab Server mail.  I would appreciate some help in regards to this
> issue.  I can provide any information about the setup required.  Thank you
> for your time and consideration.
>
> Sincerely
> Jason (KidsCo)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nuno Silva <nuno.silva at vgertech.com>
> To: rajnish kumar <kumarrajnishgupta at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 17:56:56 +0100
> Subject: Re: Kolab with 1500 user's
>
> Hello.
>
> rajnish kumar wrote:
> > Dear experts and Gunnar sir
> >                    Actually now a days i was try to testing open
> > source collaboration suits lastly i was stop with zimbra and kolab but
> > i see that zimbra is not completly open source suite ultimetly i am on
> > the way of kolab so dear i required some advice by all of you.
> >
> > I have intel based 64 bit server. I want 1500 user's in kolab
> >
> > 1.  which Operating System should i choose ( Fedora, CentOs, Debian,
> > Gentoo ) for kolab.
>
>
> I'd say to use the one you're most confortable with and has a stable
> version with long term support. For me this means CentOS, Debian stable
> or Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.
>
>
> > 2. What Partition should be used for better performance..
>
>
> Filesystem? Without entering the fs-war, I'd say ext3 or XFS. I use XFS.
>
>
> > 3. For 1500 hundred user's how much Ram required and speed of
> > processor required.
>
>
> A modern server with 4GB of RAM may work for you... YMMV.
>
> Please note that most cyrus (the IMAP daemon in Kolab) setups are
> constrained by the storage performance, not CPU or RAM.
>
>
> > 4. We required about 2 TB hard disk space for mails so should i go for
> > Lvm or  RAID
>
>
> You should invest as much as you can in storage's reliability and
> performance. This is what makes the most difference!
>
> You can go for a SAN setup or hardware RAID or software RAID. Depends on
> budget =)
>
>
> > 5. How kolab support  cluster and high availability .
>
> Depends very much in your storage setup. For me, the easiest way should
> be a SAN setup.
>
> Maybe you can search the cyrus-imapd archives for tips and known good
> setups. You may want to install other components (ldap server, apache,
> etc) in other servers.
>
> I hope this is a good starting point for you learn more.
>
> Regards,
> Nuno Silva
>
>
> P.S. Please note that I don't have any large Kolab setup. I have,
> however, large Cyrus setups, so my tips may be more Cyrus oriented.
> Maybe in a few months I'll have a large Kolab setup in production :-)
>
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