Rudi Ahlers schrieb: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a (preferably free) alternative to SME / Clark Connect. > > I basically need the following: > - firewall > - nat > - VPN > - bandwidth limiting / monitoring > I'd split these functions to a separate device, using pfSense on embedded hardware (ALIX or comparable). They have no point on a server. pfSense does this on 200 $-size hardware with 5 Watt energy consumption. > - email (SMTP / POP3 / IMAP) & groupware > - file & printer sharing > - RAID support > I don't think there's a free version for everything ;-) Zimbra is OK, but the commercial edition costs - same with OX and most other stuff. Given the complexity of the stuff involved, I'd say anything like this needs a commercial backer. Unless you only use mail. > - if possible fail-over / high availability support. > > For free? ;-) > I need to support about 15 - 30 (some part time) students, so I would > like to keep the costs low. If it's free, so much better. SME works > for most of the stuff, but it still runs on CentOS 4, and I'd prefer > to use 5. > I have a sense of deja-vu. Didn't we have all these questions and specs a couple of weeks ago? Rainer