Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:01:07 -0500 From: "Shawn Barnhart" <swb@grasslake.net> To: "Marc Tardif" <intmktg@CAM.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: clustering and netbooting Message-ID: <028f01bfaf90$40941060$b8209fc0@marlowe> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004261006070.11138-100000@Gloria.CAM.ORG>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Tardif" <intmktg@CAM.ORG> [snip] | Problem is: how can I avoid having to build/install world and, to a lesser | extent, the kernel for each machine (same hardware)? | | Solution 1: netbooting [snip] | Problem is: even though my objective is reached and only one build/install | will be necessary, how much compromise in performance or potential | problems can I expect from such a setup? | Solution 2: mounting directories from fstab | If possible, this option would mount the directories installed during | "make installworld". This will prevent me from having to build/install | world on each machine, but I'll still have to install a kernel for each | machine. | | Problem is: how do I know which directories must be mounted in order to | avoid having to build/install world on each machine? Also, can I expect | any compromise in performance or potential problems for this kind of setup | also? I've done variations of both, netbooting and nfs mounting key directories, and while its a great solution for end-user type workstations, non-critical servers or identical server farms, I've found that by focusing my points of failure to one machine I increase my troubles, not decrease them when dealing with critical services. Even if you have a rock-solid NFS setup, what happens when a make installworld screws up? Do you want to lose all the machines, or just one of them? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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