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>> After a frustrating experience with a Linksys WRT54GL, I've decided to |
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>> stick with Gentoo routers. This increases the number of Gentoo |
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>> systems I'm responsible for and they're nearing double-digits. What |
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>> can be done to make the management of multiple Gentoo systems easier? |
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>> I think identical hardware in each system would help a lot but I'm not |
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>> sure that's practical. I need to put together a bunch of new |
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>> workstations and I'm thinking some sort of server/client arrangement |
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>> with the only Gentoo install being on the server could be appropriate. |
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> I maintain multiple Gentoo we mostly use as KVM hosts systems (and |
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> coming embedded routers). As KVM hosts, some of them are very sensible. |
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> Due to the contracts to our customers, I have to do with various update |
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> strategies on top of various hardware. |
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Thanks to everyone for some very juicy tidbits. I'm rearranging my |
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thinking on all of this. I think the key for me may be to combine |
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systems with separate functions in the same physical location into a |
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single system. Does the KVM thing work well? Running a bunch of |
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workstations as nothing more than wireless KVM setups on the same |
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system? I should be able to cut my Gentoo systems down to just a few. |
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Basically one at each physical location. |
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- Grant |
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