On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:38 PM, andremachado wrote: >As PART of a viability study about using Debian GNU / Linux for a >massive deployment from 5 thousand >up to 50 thousand machines (desktops AND servers) geographically >distributed across a country, >I searched for some installation, configuration and config >management tools for this task size.
>Some information about why Debian is suitable for this task? Debian is suitable for many things. So far, all you've told us is that you need a lot of boxes. Any unix-like OS will do that but we don't know enough to know if Debian is the best choice. >What tools are suitable for some of the remaining tasks: managing >systems, user accounts, monitoring such big deployment? Learn ssh, rsync, and a good scripting language. I use Python. >Do you have some url more suitable for reading? If you can afford 50 thousand boxes, you can afford a few good books. Try something like "The Practice of System and Network Administration" by Thomas A. Limoncelli and Christine Hogan. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
