Re: [gentoo-dev] System management - Portage management

[George Shapovalov]

Sounds like a single LAN and a small office. You might want to consider 
putting your /usr on the same file-server where you keep your /home. 
Then you need to only update the server and propagate changes in /etc to the 
clients (which you will need to check anyway if you are to install it all 
separately). On the other hand if your changer are really lockal (such as 
user settings, going under /home) you might end up mounting all your 
important stuff (/bin /etc /lib and /sbin) off that nfs server and only 
leaving /var /root /boot and /mnt local (of course /proc and /dev are local 
as well). With some tweaking yopu might even do diskless workstations, but 
that would be to much work for too little benefit, since you have them all 
functioning now. 
There are definitely pros and cons of doing things this way, and it is really 
up to you to chose what is best in your case.

George



On Thursday 21 February 2002 22:36, you wrote:
> I'm seriously considering using Gentoo for my office, but I need to
> figure out some ideas on how to get the 8 boxes to "sync-up". I need
> the applications to be the same. Versions, apps installed, features,
> etc. Pretty much I want 8 boxes exactly the same with some minor
> config changes. We mount our /home off of an NFS mount, so that gives
> us concurrent settings and the like. Any suggestions on how to keep
> the packages updated and the same?
>
> Thanks,