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Question Here is my dilemma:
I currently work in an environment that has a NetWare 4.11 and 4.2 backbone. We have 1 central location with 14 remote
locations or subnets all with NetWare servers configured, and we have all NT 4.0 servers(no 2000 servers) in our server
farm(mail, citrix etc.) at our central location. Other servers on the network: a Proxy server and an Intranet server which
run Linux. So at the current time we have IPX/SPX and TCPIP running on our LAN and WAN. It looks like we will be a shop
running only TCPIP in the not-so-distant future. So we have a choice of either going to NetWare 6 or 7, or just migrating
to an all Microsoft network. We also have an AS400/iseries mainframe to add to the mix. How does the amount of bandwidth
going to the remote sites play a part?
Question:
What are the advantages of going to a total Microsoft network? Are there any problems you foresee going from a NetWare to a
Microsoft network? If you cannot answer this question do you know someone who I can ask? Do you know of any organizations
or individuals I can turn to to further add to the brainstorming that I am going through?
I imagine our workstations will go to Win200 or XP, and our servers will go to Win2000 and Linux.
I just wonder know what kind of expertise or training our data center will need to get in order to do a migration to
Microsoft. Do you know of any good consultants I can take a look at for a migration of this magnitude? First I need a few
individuals I can just talk to to get an idea of what I may be getting myself into.
THanks
Question Here is my dilemma:
I currently work in an environment that has a NetWare 4.11 and 4.2 backbone. We have 1 central location with 14 remote
locations or subnets all with NetWare servers configured, and we have all NT 4.0 servers(no 2000 servers) in our server
farm(mail, citrix etc.) at our central location. Other servers on the network: a Proxy server and an Intranet server which
run Linux. So at the current time we have IPX/SPX and TCPIP running on our LAN and WAN. It looks like we will be a shop
running only TCPIP in the not-so-distant future. So we have a choice of either going to NetWare 6 or 7, or just migrating
to an all Microsoft network. We also have an AS400/iseries mainframe to add to the mix. How does the amount of bandwidth
going to the remote sites play a part?
Question:
What are the advantages of going to a total Microsoft network? Are there any problems you foresee going from a NetWare to a
Microsoft network? If you cannot answer this question do you know someone who I can ask? Do you know of any organizations
or individuals I can turn to to further add to the brainstorming that I am going through?
I imagine our workstations will go to Win200 or XP, and our servers will go to Win2000 and Linux.
I just wonder know what kind of expertise or training our data center will need to get in order to do a migration to
Microsoft. Do you know of any good consultants I can take a look at for a migration of this magnitude? First I need a few
individuals I can just talk to to get an idea of what I may be getting myself into.
THanks