Finally time to start migration to Linux....

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

Some of you might have seen we have been heavily contemplating the migration
from SCO to CentOS Linux.
Well, the time is quickly approaching to get this started.  I have a few
questions I'd like some guidance on.

The server we're going to be using is a Dell PowerEdge w/Dual Xeon
processors, 8GB RAM and 4x146GB drives w/Perc RAID controller.
(this is just what I have to work with - don't shoot the messenger lol)

So, my thoughts are:

1)  Build 2 mirror RAID volumes - one for the CentOS and one for filePro and
all the data  (would you agree/disagree with this approach? if you disagree,
I'm open for ideas)
2)  I obviously have to migrate the users to Linux (is there a 'quick' way
to do this? I have about 75 users to create on the new system)
3)  I will need to configure our printers, which are Konica/Minolta BizHubs
-- is there any 'magic' to doing this on Linux vs SCO?
4)  We have a LOT of scripts that are written using the Bourne shell
(/bin/sh) - do I need to do anything magical on the Linux side to make these
work when I copy them over?
5)  We have approx 25 GB of data that needs to move and I will copy that
over the LAN.  Does anything special need to happen with the filePro data
files when I move them from SCO to CentOS?
6)  I'm looking for a backup system that will backup our data nightly -
something preferably where I can rotate tapes and keep a copy offsite as
well.We are very heavily dependent on our data (as I'm sure you all are) and
with any kind of 'downtime' we're in big trouble not being able to produce
revenue.
     Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions on best way to do daily
backups, etc?  Our data footprint will continue to grow so it's needs to be
fairly scalable and be able to grow with us.
7)  Anything else I need to 'be on the lookout' for when doing this
conversion that perhaps I haven't thought of?

Thanks for any/all suggestions - our server should be here by Thursday and
am hoping to get it started this weekend.

Thanks
Scott
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