> From: David Miller [mailto:davi...@gmail.com] > > I'm curious since bare metal restores have been mentioned what is > everyone's thoughts on using a pxe boot image to pre-seed or kickstart the > server. Then use puppet or chef to bring the server to a known > configuration. This makes dealing with production vs testing environments > much easier too as it's simple to insure that they are identical and repeatable.
Baremetal restores are mostly just important for laptops and workstations... And one-of-a-kind servers. Actually, there's a better way to say this. Automated system complete build scripts are excellent whenever you have machines that are unspecialized clones with a (relatively) static configuration. They are not useful, for example, to help you build an active directory, MS SQL and Sharepoint server. Nor will they prevent Joe User from wasting time reinstalling all his apps and reconfiguring all his personal settings after a laptop is wiped out. Baremetal restore is necessary for some situations... And automated system reinstall is excellent for other situations. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
