Leadership By Numbers :: Domino Workshop on Linux

Knowledge is not power, but learning is. As kids, we made art with paint-by-number kits. Simply matching the outline numbers with an oil paint gave us the illusion of mastery. I've worked in all facets of the IT industry: as IT management, as a consultant, systems administrator, developer and instructor. And, I still see a lot of paint-by-number projects which try to be the real thing. IT leadership is about reading the numbers, then going outside the lines and taking risks.

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Domino Workshop on Linux

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My company is planning on a one-day Domino 7 on Linux workshop. The idea would be do a basic Linux install, and then add Domino and provide some basic configurations. It'll be fun.

But, the effort has me thinking about Linux, and how to explain it to those who are unfamiliar with it. I remember when I first started, and I was so confused by the array of distributions. All About Linux has a great mindmap chart of the primary Linux distributions.

The other major sticking point for me, was trying to understand the file system. Bryce Harrington and Kees Cook have just published a helpful overview on LVM (which makes sense for database servers).

Posted by Jack Dausman On 05/10/2006 | Permalink

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3 - Hi -

Have you successfully installed Domino 7.0.2 on Ubuntu 6.10? If so, are there any tips you can provide to help me out? I keep running into roadblocks and my lack of linux knowledge makes it hard to understand exactly what I'm missing. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Mike

Posted by Mike At 11:23:26 PM On 01/06/2007 | - Website - |

2 - Thanks, Mikkel, your comments are always thoughtful. I've been running Domino on Linux since it was a beta release. I've done it with RedHat (RHEL) and SuSE Enterprise, and will probably do it in the workshop with the CentOS release, so that students can have something to take home with them. I am certified in Linux, and, like you, right now am enjoying working with Ubuntu. I built a computer lab in Kenya over Christmas using Edubuntu (which has been fabulously successful).

The most fun I've had with Domino on Linux was a migration from Exchange 2000. CPU utilization was close to 80% average for the Exchange installation. Using the exact same hardware, the Domino Linux installation used less than 25% CPU utilization, with zero downtime for over six months. They couldn't believe it.

But, I also know that some people have trouble adjusting to Linux—it is pretty different in many respects. So, in a one-day workshop I need to keep some of the big items in mind as the clients get accustomed to building a Domino platform on Linux. I'm also going to present it within a heterogeneous environment with some Windows 2003 servers. In this fashion, everyone can see that from an administration perspective, there is very little difference between Domino on Linux and Domino on WinTel.

Posted by Jack Dausman At 05:19:27 AM On 05/10/2006 | - Website - |

1 - When I normally present on Linux I try to keep the focus on distributions to a minimum since most attendees, as you note, doens't care for that level of detail. I touch briefly on the topic and move on to present 2 or 3 distributions. I normally go with Redhat, SuSE/Novell and Ubuntu - two "commercial" distributions and one free.

Redhat is to many the de facto distribution. As a European I prefer SuSE since it's German and hence "natively" is aware of other character sets than ASCII. Ubuntu is free and is enjoying widespread industry acknowledgement (Ubuntu is DB2 ready).

I also try not to dwelve too deep into the different file systems available. For many the default selections are just fine.

/lekkim

Posted by Mikkel Heisterberg At 02:18:42 AM On 05/10/2006 | - Website - |