Cent OS migration

[Enrique Arredondo]

On 5/9/2011 10:46 AM, scooter6 at gmail.com wrote:
> Okay - the time is approaching where we're going to switch from SCO
> OpenServer to CentOS.
> I have a few questions.
>
> 1.  Is there a migration tool that will take all my existing users and
> 'import' them as users on CentOS?
> 2.  Does anyone have suggestions on specific hardware to use? We are a Dell
> shop if that matters.....
>       i.e.  How much RAM are people using on CentOS? (we have approx 60-75
> users on during peak hours during the day, lots of processes running, etc
> and we have
>              several larger files that we run re-indexing on over weekends -
> currently, this takes about 18 hrs on our current system)
> 3.  Is setting up printers/drivers pretty simple on CentOS?
> 4.  What RAID configuration is best for speed and failover, etc?  We are a
> busy place and can't afford downtime.
> 5.  Can you run a backup to a USB drive using CentOS? If not, what backup
> solution is best?
> 6.  Does CentOS support dual processors?
> 7.  Is there a specific version of CentOS that seems to be more stable, etc
> than others?
> 8.  Other than exchanging our current licensing with filePro, is there
> anything else that needs to be done to the filePro files so they run on
> CentOS?
> 9.  For my many scripts that I have running, is there a big directory
> hierarchy difference on CentOS vs. SCO?
>       i.e. are user profiles still in /usr directory? Does the PATH variable
> need to change on my scripts? i.e. /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /etc, etc
>
> I'm sure I'll have more questions, but this is a good start.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and/or input.
>
> Scott
> PDM
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May I ask why not RedHat Es 6 ? (you can download the ISO for free
     and try it or I can send you a copy in 64bit or 32bit versions).

     You can still install it as a non registered machine and only pay
     support if needed. The only thing about CentOS is that I had an
     issue with the serial ports in the server not working with it and as
     soon as I installed RH ES 5 they started working. If I can assist
     you please let me know! I would like to see how fast filepro works
     on linux.

     Cheers.