On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 18:27, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote: > I've been meaning to do something along these lines for some time now. > I like the idea; indeed, the general concepts are espoused on > www.infrastructures.org, but it's nice to see a specific HOWTO > document, even if it's more specific to a Linux solution. > Rob Brown, who posted here earlier has put together a good article about scalable system development. I think we've done a good job of implementing a pretty scalable system based on Red Hat Linux, kickstart, pxe and yum at duke, particularly in the physics department. The generalized case is easy though, you must get a point where you create a certain economy of scale for the systems you're maintaining. > BTW, is there anyplace one can find a cfengine RPM? is cfengine still being maintained? -sv
