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2006/7/18, David Corbin <gentoo.org@××××××××××.com>: |
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> Not wanting to hijack the thread from the OP, but this subject interests |
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> me |
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> for the following reason. I work on a software system where one customer |
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> has |
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> about 10000 systems at about 500 locations. Remote systems are |
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> categorized |
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> as one of 3 types/configurations. Automated management of them is |
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> essential, |
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> including upgrades, but seldom upgrades "to the latest and greatest" as |
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> stability is very important. Upgrades need to "just work", and not |
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> require |
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> manual intervention. Currently, they're all on Windows in one form or |
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> another (ugh!). The systems in question have very limited capabilities, |
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> and |
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> the people on site have very limited permissions. |
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> Other potential customers have similar size systems, and I certainly |
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> expect |
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> someone to realize the value of Linux for this. I'd like to have a |
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> solution |
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> in my mind when the time comes. |
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> I've considered the idea of a custom distribution to do this. There is no |
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> doubt in my mind, that any such distribtuion would be based on an existing |
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> one, with tweaks that deal with where updates come from, and what packages |
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> are availble, etc. Gentoo or Debian are the two likely candidates. I'm |
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> not |
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> *sure* a customized distribution is appropriate. |
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I think you should take a look at: |
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http://www.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/index.html |
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http://www.cfengine.org/ |
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Best regards |
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Jose |
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