See also ServerGoals, which is more administrative/political.

Base Configuration

• Backups
• Monitoring
  • Internal monitoring of both hardware and software health
    • Hardware: Temperature, fan speed, etc.
    • Software: Disk space, system load, RAID status, etc.
  • Notification mechanisms are still vague
    • I think we have two different mailing lists (for redundency)...?
    • Some kind of pager/SMS notification would be nice
  • More sophisticated outside probes
    • more then just a simple ping or TCP connect
    • SMTP relay test?
    • check a web page time stamp?
• Installing RPM updates may clobber custom permissions

Mail services and mailing lists

See ServerMail for details, planning, and discussion on all this.

• It looks like list archving isn't happening.
• Figure out what to do with system mail.
• Archives have a few broken messages from the migration.
• More sophisticated anti-spam solutions.
• Switch from Sendmail to Postfix?

New applications

There are applications of the technology that could really benefit us.

• Automated meeting announcements (yippie!)
• Dedicated calendar software (integrated with the above)
• Web-based job database (job seekers and job openings), easily postable and searchable without needing a mailing list.
• Poll/survey software
• RSVP software for the meetings

You get the idea. Suggestions welcome.