[ZendTo] Re: Which zend.to is right for me?

[Brad Beckenhauer]

Personally,
Since you have been out of the Linux world for awhile, I'd recommend
that you consider starting by using one of Julians pre-made vm's.  That
way you would be using a pre-configured vm that everyone could easily
comment on if you need help.  Putting the system into "production" will
involve editing a few text files. But there are a number of folks on the
list that can help you out.

If you build your system, there will always be a question about how or
what process you used to configure the system, permissions, how did you
compile your packages, etc.

We use Julian's 64 bit CentOS vm and other than a few custom text edits
requested by our Support team, Zendto is pretty stock and it just works 
( thank you Julian).  Files under 2BG have been pretty much trouble
free.  If you're going to be sending files over 2GB, I'd read up on the
forum to get up to speed on the issues others are having.  

Updates for CentOS and Zendto involve just one command ( yum update)
from a command line that can be accessed via ssh or via the Vmware Host
console.

Just a few points for your consideration.  I'm sure that others can
contribute additional thoughts for you to consider.

Brad


>>> Jonathan Barker  10/06/11 6:55 AM >>>
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1.0in;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}-->I*m really interested in
the zend.to application, but i haven*t touched a linux box in over 10
years.  We*re a mostly Windows/AD environment.  I was able to get the
Virtual Machine installed on our ESX server, and i started a plain
Ubuntu install to get some GUI going to make patching, editing, and
general administration a little easier considering my Windows
background.  The problem is that without a step-by-step, i*m going to
have problems.  For instance, with the VM, it took me about 15 minutes
to figure out how to edit a config file.  Should i stick with the VM
(will patching be simple?) or should i keep plugging along on the Ubuntu
install?


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