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- Intro & Overview: History and context for the Vista IMS at the Univ. of Minnesota
- IMS before Vista
- When was Vista implemented
- Decision to Adopt Vista
- Alternatives considered (brief overview)
- Technical considerations
- Vendor/support considerations
- Operational considerations (match of features to user requirements)
- The Configuration of the Vista Application
- Stack components for Vista application: DBMS, OS (Linux (flavor and version), Middleware (Brief overview)
- Hardware configuration: # & size of servers, replication and backup
- Scale: Number of users (absolute and concurrent)
- Anticipated scalability issues
- Release Management/Upgrades to Vista
- Cycle/regularity
- How are upgrades handled
- Customizations to Vista
- Systemic effects of upgrades on other stack components
- Archiving
- Integration
- Integration with course registration system
- Integration with one-stop portal
- Other Issues
- Perception of vendor support
- Future plans for IMS
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