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Enterprise Software for Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the breaking-the-hobbyist-barrier dept.

Ben Mayer asks: "I work for a company that is looking to start using Linux on our servers along side of the Windows 2000 boxes that we already have. We have been looking at tools like HP OpenView and IBM Tivoli for package distribution and backups. They both support Windows and a variety of U*IX but not Linux. I have spent a couple of days searching but have not found any products that support Win 2k and Linux and are of enterprise quality. Is Linux lacking in this area?"

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  1. Tivoli by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Informative
    Tivoli surely is on linux! C'mon, they are a division of IBM. They promote use of Tivoli on linux for the whole @Server line.

    You'll only be sorry once you see the price tag for licensing and services.

    Really.

    Ouch...

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  2. Tivoli support Linux for most things now by duffbeer703 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Tivoli supports Linux for Inventory, Software Distribution and Distributed Monitoring.

    Be aware, though, that enterprise management products get very expensive. My (rather large) organization is doing a Tivoli rollout that will cost about millions of dollars over 4-5 years and require a staff of about 10 to manage. This includes licensing, hardware costs and consulting time.

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