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Description

This standard is obsoleted by the Email Servers Software Brick.

Email server operating systems (OSs) allocate system resources for the computers (servers) that run NIH's enterprise electronic mail applications.

Tactical

(0-2 years)

  • UNIX
  • Win2000

Strategic

(2-5 years)

  • Win2003

Retirement

(To be eliminated)

  • NT 4.0 (monitoring system)

Containment

(No new development

  • Solaris (NCI, only mail)

Baseline

(Today)

  • NT 4.0
  • Solaris
  • UNIX
  • Win2000

Emerging

(To track)

  • Linux

Comments

  • NIH will be standardizing the back office servers during the consolidation process.
  • Tactical and strategic products were selected to leverage NIH's investment in products that are a proven fit for NIH's known future needs. Leveraging baseline products in the future will minimize the operations, maintenance, support and training costs of new products.
  • Some baseline products have been designated retirement and containment. These products are either not as widely or successfully deployed at NIH, or they do not provide as much functionality, value, or Total Cost of Ownership as the selected tactical and strategic products.

Time Table

This architecture definition approved on: July 18, 2004

The next review is scheduled in: TBD