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Ami Ganguli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Has anybody used GNU cfengine? I don't really know what it's capable of, but
> it's
> a free part of Debian. I was considering using it myself, but I haven't had
> time
> to investigate it properly.
>
> ... Ami.
I use it on a small network with j
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have now reached a count of 56 for the number of Debian
> boxes under my control and keeping them in sync (with rdist and lots
> of hacking) is beginning to get out of hand.
I've been doing multiple-box management
> Has anybody used GNU cfengine? I don't really know what it's capable of, but
> it's
> a free part of Debian. I was considering using it myself, but I haven't had
> time
> to investigate it properly.
We use it here to maintain about a half-dozen Debian machines. It
works great for managing p
Martin Konold scripsit:
|A free Anrew File System like setup would be nice to deal with these kind
|of nfs perfomrance problems.
I don't know, I have never used it, and it doesn't seem to be very
widespread.
|We do use a commercial tool called venus for administering our linux
|Ppro Cluster toge
Dale Scheetz scripsit:
|Wow! Bet that keeps you busy ;-)
Less than you would think, honest, I am doing a PhD at the same time
;-)
|You might want to check out DoList in the upgrades directory. This script
|runs dpkg from a list of packages that have been properly ordered to
|resolve the dependenc
Ben Gertzfield scripsit:
|Ick. :) Yes, that would be slow on a slow net. I've heard wonderful
|things about a Linux distribution out there that will cache NFS files
|on a local hard drive, but I forget which it is. There must be some
|way to to it and save bandwidth...
Well, think about it from a
On 7 Jan 1997, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> Why not just pop /usr and /home on one machine and NFS mount them out
> to all the other boxes?
There a simple performance reason not to use nfs that extensively, I
think!
A free Anrew File System like setup would be nice to deal with these kind
of nfs per
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Hi,
I have a few idea that might work for you. I have not tested it, so I
can't guarentee a thing.
Exekuting "dpkg --get-selections" will give you all the package
selectinons on a machine. Piping that into "dpkg --set-selections" on an
other machine will set
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Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Speed - this would be a killer, local disks are at 2-4 Mb/s with fast
> EIDE, the net just can't keep up with this. Propagation of local
> binaries is done via rdist, as long as they are placed in /usr/local.
> Of cou
Ben Gertzfield scripsit:
|The more, the merrier! ;)
Indeed, unless the natives get restless ;-)
|Why not just pop /usr and /home on one machine and NFS mount them out
|to all the other boxes?
Speed - this would be a killer, local disks are at 2-4 Mb/s with fast
EIDE, the net just can't keep up w
Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have now reached a count of 56 for the number of Debian
> boxes under my control and keeping them in sync (with rdist and lots
> of hacking) is beginning to get out of hand.
The more, the merrier! ;)
> Is anyone out there in a similar si
Hello all,
I have now reached a count of 56 for the number of Debian
boxes under my control and keeping them in sync (with rdist and lots
of hacking) is beginning to get out of hand.
Is anyone out there in a similar situation and cares to share
some views/opinions and hints or per
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