check out clonezilla that combined with drbl can do what you are thinking about.
clonezilla.org On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Ben Browning <b...@bensbrowning.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm poking around looking for a solid system imaging solution for > automated deployment/installation of new servers in a wide variety of > datacenters across links of varying speeds and costs. I'm looking for > something I can use on Linuxes, FreeBSD, and Windows, as well as > something for physical and virtual machines. I'd like if it could > split off XPE/DHCP functions, image-serving functions, and > administrative interface among different servers. Especially if I can > cache the images on HTTP proxies. Also, a decent API is kind of > important too :) I used to use Systemimager > (http://www.systemimager.org/), but it seems to have stagnated a bit > and doesn't support Windows and Freesd (though I imagine it could be > hacked to do so, for freebsd anyway) as well as having many other > failings with my (admittedly broad) requirements. > > The closest thing I have found so far is Fog > (http://www.fogproject.org/) . It looks moderately robust, but I > thought I'd ask around and see if anyone else has found other > solutions. I've also looked a bit at LinMin (http://www.linmin.com/), > but licensing costs $unknown_amount and FreeBSD support is "under > consideration". FastDeploy (http://www.fastdeploy.com) doesn't seem to > support FreeBSD, and has a single dev. > > Anyone have other options for me to poke at? > > ~Ben > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
