How we did it

Our GroupWise server was a Compaq DL380 with dual 1-GHz Pentium III processors, 512M bytes of RAM and an 18G-byte RAID 5 disk array. It ran NetWare 5.1 with Service Pack 2B. Our connectivity was over a mixed 10/100 Ethernet network.

Our clients included various Windows workstations and other platforms with Web browsers, including Macintosh and some Linux desktops. We also used a Sanyo SCP-4500 Sprint PCS phone to test out the wireless services offered by GroupWise 6.

We tested the software's features and also checked accessibility, scalability, administration, documentation and installation.

To test the client software, we created e-mail, scheduled meetings and delegated our authority, like end users do.

Berkley is the LAN support supervisor at the University of Kansas. He has been a GroupWise administrator and beta tester for over eight years. He can be reached at berkley@ukans.edu.

Global Test Alliance

Berkley is also a member of the Network World Global Test Alliance, a cooperative of the premier reviewers in the network industry, each bringing to bear years of practical experience on every review. For more Test Alliance information, including what it takes to become a member, go to www.nwfusion.com/alliance.

Novell's GroupWise 6 is No. 1 with a bullet
Web monitoring interface is enhanced and wireless support is included.

Keeping end users happy
Improving the server software is great, but if your end users aren't happy you'll never hear the end of it.

GroupWise 6 broadens reach
Novell recently introduced Version 6 of its GroupWise messaging and collaboration product.
Network World Fusion, 04/09/01.