Re: NANOG Digest, Vol 25, Issue 90

[Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () akcin net>]

Actually thanks, I just realized that after I hit send...

It's for CentOS

Mehmet

On Feb 20, 2010, at 3:47 PM, nanog-request () nanog org wrote:

> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:35:41 -0500
> From: Chuck Anderson <cra () WPI EDU>
> Subject: Re: centeralized server management solutions
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Message-ID: <20100220213541.GB5426 () angus ind WPI EDU>
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> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 01:29:38PM -0600, Mehmet Akcin wrote:
> > Centralized solution and server wont be on the same network , but each will have internet access
> > Drac cards come with Compact Flash cards
> > Bandwidth may not be quite fast and latency might be higher when connecting to the centralized solution.
> > Monitoring can be apart from the server maintenance solution as I already primarily use cacti/nagios/IMapper.
>
> You didn't specify what OS'es you deploy, but for Linux/Red Hat-like 
> systems: PXE boot, Kickstart [1], Puppet [2], Bacula [3].  
> PXE/Kickstart/Puppet can be managed with Cobbler [4].  Foreman [5] 
> is an alternative for managing Puppet hosts.
>
> [1] 
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/pt-install-advanced-deployment.html
>
> [2] http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/
>
> [3] http://www.bacula.org/en/
>
> [4] https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/
>
> [5] http://theforeman.org/