Email Infrastructure

Mark Rosenberg

UCCSC

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What is LBNL?

• A Department of Energy National Laboratory, operated by the University of California in service to the Nation.

• An unclassified research center leveraging a team approach to solving problems of scientific scale.

• A creator and steward of National User Facilities: major resources operated for the benefit of the worldwide scientific community.

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A National Laboratory in close proximity to University of California, Berkeley

Berkley Lab main site Campus

200-acre main site

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Berkeley Lab Staff and Guests: 6646

Scientists and Engineers

TechnicalStaff

Associated Faculty

PostdoctoralAssociates

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Support Staff

1342 684

763

670

758

1959

470

August 2003

Striped section = participating guests

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Operating Systems

Other UNIX  , 178

MacOS's , 713

Solaris , 535

Linux , 892

Windows NT , 357

Windows 98  , 1426

Windows XP , 1516

Windows 2000 , 1605

68% Windows

22% Unix

10% Mac

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Identity Management

• Accountso 4943 @lbl.gov email addresseso 4195 IMAP4 accountso 85% of mail users at Lab use central IMAP service

• LDAP Softwareo Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2

• Provisioningo People Soft -> Replicate -> LDAP -> Termination

Notification System (TNS)

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Email service

• Softwareo Sun IMAP4 (also supports POP)

iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 o Mozilla Clients

Windows V1.7.8Linux V1.4Mac V1.5

• Hardwareo 2 IMAP Multiplexers (Mux)o 5 IMAP mail servers

Sun E3500 – A1000 Raid arrays

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Issues

• Use & Recharge model for email is oldo 100MB free - $1.75/MB/Month over 100MBo Goal 1GB free and $.05/MB/Month over 1GB

• Remote sending of emailo Port 25 blocked by several ISP’s

Web access TLS port 587 VPN Use ISP gateway

• Security for mail relayo SMTP after IMAP/LDAP

• Mail Archivingo Still looking for solution

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Future

• Identity Managemento Directory Synchronization (DirXML)

LDAPNovell eDirectoryMicrosoft Active Directory

o Self Service PasswordsNsure

• Emailo Sun V240 – EMC CX500 SAN

Increase capacity from .8 -> 4+ TBo Mirrored SAN at remote location

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Questions

• Are there any questions?