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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
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