An Overview of Zimbra Backups
Creating a viable replica of a Zimbra backup can be a challenging task and the key to doing it right is to understand how Zimbra backups are structured and scheduled. The RSYNC tool is an excellent choice for an offsite replica of your Zimbra mailstore backup, as it provides options [...]
Here is a step-by-step how-to for getting Zimbra Collaboration Suite installed on a XEN-based virtual machine/virtual private server running on Linux with limited resources. I am going to use a hosted VPS from Linode for this example. Based on the forum discussions at Zimbra.com, depending on the setup, running Zimbra on a VPS/VM [...]
Out of the box, Zimbra is tuned for a fairly beefy machine. Zimbra will easily consume 1.5GB of ram with default settings. Some of these changes mean turning off a few Zimbra features and there are quite a few ways to do this, so you will need to evaluate memory usage given your [...]
Zimbra is a full featured email and collaboration suite that is currently rivaling and surpassing Microsoft Exchange in features. As a devoted Qmail fan, and avid do-it-yourself emailer, I was at first skeptical about the platform when I first saw it. To be honest, before I got to know it, I had pinned [...]
Looking back a few years, I remember seeing the the fledgling Zimbra project. My first thoughts were that it was a noble effort, but had little hope for long-term survivability under the shadow of the powerful and all-consuming MS Exchange product. So, I’m absolutely ecstatic to have been proven wrong by this now [...]