On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 10:36:12PM -0400, Quartz wrote: > >Does your embedded storage run NOR/NAND or something like SDHC Memory > >Cards? > > > >If your systems are running SDHC you can easily create clones with a > >laptop& the DD utility. > > A couple of them do, but it doesn't matter in this case. The main issue with > compiling is that it can effectively knock the system offline for hours > which isn't acceptable. Any process that involves shutting the machine off > or booting into a separate OS image has the same problem. > > It's just a question of minimizing downtime.
If availability is critical you might consider redundancy with CARP/pfsync.
