[Luna] FW: Linux Migration Service Provider needed

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>From    : Amy Buchen '03[mailto:abuchen at gmail.com]
Sent    : 10/31/2006 3:36:18 PM
To      : princeton-hitech at lists.tigernet.princeton.edu
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Subject : FW: Linux Migration Service Provider needed

 Hi all,
My company is looking for an IT Practitioner with
experience migrating
servers from a Linux distribution running 2.4 kernel
to a Linux
distribution running 2.6 kernel.  This small project
is based in South
San Francisco and involves between 2 to 5 hours of
work. for
$150-$200/hr  If you know anyone who might be able to
help with this,
please email me at abuchen at key-inc.com

Thanks,

Amy Buchen '03



Job Description:

Background: We are helping a client evaluate a
migration from SUSE
Enterprise 8 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  We require
assistance
defining a migration plan and getting an idea of the
cost in terms of
man-hours for different phases of the migration plan.  

This assessment will take place over the next week
and will require
2-5 hours of your time.

Pay: $150/hr+ depending on your experience and depth
of knowledge 

Requirements:
-Have migrated or managed a migration preferably from
SUSE 8 to Red
Hat Enterprise, but requirement is any distribution
on Linux kernel
2.4 to Red Hat Enterprise.
-Migrated servers must have been in a live
environment which ran
database and mission-critical (e.g., ERP, CRM,
Finance, etc…)
workloads.
-Migration was in a hybrid environment running both
Linux and Windows
for client with 250-500 PCs.
-5 years of Linux and Unix experience.  At least 2 of
those years must
be directly administering or managing Linux environments.

When submitting your qualifications and references,
please also answer
the following questions:
1. Do you have a go-live checklist?  If so, please
attach.
2. What were the factors that had the largest impact
on schedule and
budget of the migration?
3. What are the biggest risks in such a migration?