[K12OSN] Emails for large districts

[Jim Kronebusch]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:59:26 -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:37:12 -0500, Todd O'Bryan wrote
> > Our district has about 16,000 employees of varying types and is
> > currently using a web-based Exchange server to do email. The system is
> > slow, clunky, and the database is getting full, so we've been told to
> > clean out our mailboxes because they're going to delete all mail older
> > than 30 days.
> > 
> > My question is this--does anyone have experience with a system that
> > will scale reasonably to that many users. If so, we have about 90,000
> > students. Know of a system that will scale that big? The head IT guy
> > tells me that he was quoted a commercial cost of between $250k and
> > $500k for a system that would handle us, and, while that doesn't
> > surprise me, I think something effective could be done much more
> > economically.
> > 
> > I'm just wondering if there's anything I can point to and say, see!
> > 
> > Todd
> 
> For something your size and the needs you probably have, I'd recommend looking 
> at @Mail. They even sell turnkey pre setup server solutions delivered to your 
> door and offer onsite installation.  I quoted this system for a School 
> district in Texas.  Take a look at their website atmail.com, I'm sure you'll 
> be impressed.
> 
> You can actually price your entire cluster system pre-configured through their 
> web form. You would be looking at the multi-server cluster system.  The 
> default 3 server cluster with all options would be about $27,000 and should 
> handle around 100,000 users.  This is with unlimited users, unlimited domains, 
> all Groupware, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, POP3 and IMAP, SMS messages, PDA support,
>  sub administration support, the 3 servers and 3TB storage all pre-configured 
> and ready to plug in.
> 
> The solutions is based on mostly open source and Linux with some proprietary 
> stuff mixed in.  But it is still far less than most other commercial solutions 
> and is an awesome setup.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Jim

Also they offer 24x7 support, on site training, and the price above includes their techs
on site to install.

Jim

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