From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 21 17:47:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98AB316A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:47:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2355143D55 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:47:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from esayer1@san.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (66-75-225-77.san.rr.com [66.75.225.77]) iALHleuY027585 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:47:40 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <6E5CDC16-3BE5-11D9-8AB7-000A95CCF8C4@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org From: Evan Sayer Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:47:36 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Diskless Servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:47:42 -0000 Hello- Is it a good idea to run a mail server or web server diskless? The reason I want to do this is so that all of our server's files will be in one place which will make backups more convenient. Basically I am thinking of running one NFS/TFTP file server with disks, and those disks will contain the partitions for a web server, a mail server, and a login server which will all boot diskless. Is this safe and ok performance wise? Thanks.