Survey
Objective
This page has for goal to define a server survey that we would ask our community to answer on a regular basis.
Introduction
In an effort to better understand, support and further the Ubuntu Server Edition we would like to ask you to take this short poll. The information provided will help us determine where we can improve support, where to add additional resources and to generate a better understanding of the community which we work within.
Please note that this survey is being conducted by the Ubuntu Server Team. Information about the team is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/
Questions
1. How many linux servers do you have running today?
- Number of linux servers
1a. (if Q1 > 0) What distributions are you using on your servers
- Ubuntu
- Fedora
- Open SuSE
RedHat Enterprise
- Suse Linux Enterprise
- CentOS
- Debian
- Other (specify):
1a1. (if Q1a != Ubuntu) Why didn't you select ubuntu? (multiple choice posible)
- I did not know Ubuntu had a server version
- lack of support from my server vendor
- IBM, Sun, HP, Dell, Apple, Nec, Intel, other
- lack of support from my database vendor
- lack of support from my storage vendor
- lack of support from my ISV
- support is to expensive
- We need EAL security certification
- 5 years maintenance is not long enough
- I need some feature (explain):
- Other, explain:
1a2. (if Q1a = Ubuntu) Which Server Edition version do you use (Check all that apply)?
- 8.04
- 7.10
- 7.04
- 6.10
- 6.06
1a3. (if Q1a = Ubuntu) Do you plan to deploy additional ubuntu based servers in the future?
- Yes
- No
- Undecided
1a3a. (if Q1a3 = Yes) do you have a timeframe for doing so?
- 1 month
- 3 months
- 6 months
- 1 year
1a4. (if Q1a = Ubuntu) What methods of community support have you accessed? (Check all that apply)
- Canonical Support
- Ubuntu Forums
- IRC (irc.freenode.net)
- Mailing Lists
- Ubuntu Wiki
- Other Linux related sites
1a4a. (if Q1a4) did you receive a solution?
- Yes
- Sometimes
- No
1a5. (if Q1a = Ubuntu) Did you install a graphical interface on your server
- Yes
- No
- I did not know I could
1a5. (if Q1a = Ubuntu) What type of applications do you have running on your Ubuntu servers (check all that apply)?
- Development/Test
- File server
- Print server
- Web server
- Identity Management
- Security (Firewall)
- Security (Mail scan)
- Security (Intrusion detection)
- CRM
- Database
- System management
- Data mining/analysis
- Proxy
- networking
- ERP
- Batch
- Media Streaming/Processing
- Scientific
- Backups
- Linux Terminal Server
- Virtualization (VMware, KVM, Qemu, etc)
- Networking
- Others :
1a6. (if Q1a = Ubuntu) Do you consider Ubuntu ready for your mission critical deployment?
- Yes
- No
1a6a. (if Q1a6 = No) Why do you think Ubuntu is not ready for mission critical deployment?
- Quality of technical support
- price of support
- Canonical is too small
- I am missing some feature (please describe):
- My company has to validate it
- other:
1a7. (if Q1a = Ubuntu) Would you like to be a reference customer for our Ubuntu Server Edition ?
- Yes
- No
1a7a. (if Q1a7 = Yes) Please tell us how to reach you
1b. (if Q1 > 0) Are your servers used at home or at work?
- Home
- Work
- Both
1b1. (if 1b = Work or Both) What size is your organization?
- Number of employees
1b2. (if 1b = Work or Both) What sector is your organization involved in?
- Education
- Non profit
- Health
- Insurance
- Finance
- Utilities
- Travel
- Retail
- Publishing
- Industry
- Technology (Hardware)
- Technology (Software)
- Technology (Services)
1c. (if Q1 > 0) Could you clasify the following feature list according to your priorities?
- Clustering
- High Perfomance Computing
- XEN Virtualization
- Virtualization multi node provisioning, management and load balancing tool
- Grid computing
- Web single sign on
- Web management interface
- Account synchronisation framework for email, file, print, web, ftp with fine grained authorization
- Identity management and aggregation
- Systems management application
- Storage Support
- Other
1c1. (if 1c = Systems Management) Which system management do you use
- Dell Open Manage
- HP Open View
- IBM Director
- BMC Patrol
- CA Unicenter
- Novell Zenworks
- Altiris
- Landesk
- Other:
1c2. (if 1c = Storage Management) Which system management do you use
- EMC
- Veritas
- iSCSI NAS
- eSATA NAS
- Other:
1d. (if Q1 > 0) Which type of hardware do you run linux servers on?
- Tower / Desktop PC
- Dell Server(s)
- HP/Compaq Servers(s)
- IBM Server(s)
- SUN x86 Server(s)
- NEC Server(s)
- SIEMENS Server(s)
- Intel Server(s)
- Custom Server(s)
- Virtualization
- Other
1e. (if Q1 > 0) How many Linux Server are running mission critical applications?
- Number
1e1. (if Q1e > 0) Please tell us which kind of load(s) you consider mission critical (check all that apply)
- Development/Test
- File server
- Print server
- Web server
- Identity Management
- Security (Firewall)
- Security (Mail scan)
- Security (Intrusion detection)
- CRM
- Database
- System management
- Data mining/analysis
- Proxy
- networking
- ERP
- Batch
- Media Streaming/Processing
- Scientific
- Backups
- Linux Terminal Server
- Virtualization (VMware, KVM, Qemu, etc)
- Networking
- Others :
1e2. (if Q1e > 0) Where would you be more likely to purchase your support contract for these mission critical application?
the linux vendors (RedHat, Suse, Canonical, ...)
- a local system integrator
- a global system integrator
- together with your application
- together with the server hardware
- We do not need support, even for mission critical loads
- Other:
2. Has your organization deployed some global directory service and if so, which one(s)
- Active Directory
- Sun Directory
- Novell Directory
- OpenLDAP
- Oracle Directory
- IBM Tivoly
- Other:
3. Overall operating systems running on your organization's servers
- Windows : #
- Linux : #
- Solaris : #
- MVS : #
- VMS : #
- Other : #
4. Does your business run the the following applications on its servers
- Oracle Database
- SAP
- (to complete)...
5. Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
6. If we have additional questions, can we contact you? If so where?