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- Rice had a deployment of Web CT that had some traction 4 years ago.
- The timing was right with the Sakai consortia, the purchase of Web CT by Blackboard and the desire for Rice to support an open source initiative. The catalyst for change was a proposed huge increase in licensing costs for Web CT. Due to increased use, our license needed to be expanded to a campus wide license.
- Rice has close peer relationships with some of the Sakai founding institutions.
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3) Which database version did you choose to use for SAKAI Installation?
- Oracle 10g
4) Which operating system version are you using for SAKAI?
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
5) How frequently do you apply SAKAI patches?
- Version upgrades are performed during the summer break. A few minor patches/upgrades are performed during the short winter break. We have a weekly maintenance window in which any small patches that are needed and have been tested are applied to the system. We use this maintenance window about once per month to install small patches.
6) Who provides you SAKAI maintenance and support?
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17) What type of storage do you use for the servers?
- 1 TB Hitachi SAN
18) What type of backup system do you use?
- Data is backed up to a secondary storage area, which is then backed up to tape
19) Where are the servers hosted? (any cloud computing)
20) How do you load balance access to the system?
- We use a Netscaler 7000 with Sticky Sessions, Automatic load balancing and automatic failover. This also allows us to remove one server at a time from use in order to apply any rolling patches if needed.
21) What is your Internet connectivity? (T1, DS3, DSL )
22) What is your client connectivity speed?
23) Any issues with client software when accessing the system? (eg. Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, toolbars)
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