We've got it all documented, now are just looking for a way to get an image of the drive so it can be reproduced quickly on additional systems as well as be used in case something happens to a drive on an existing system. I see it taking longer to actually go through the system making sure it is locked down than to do the install of squid and copy the redirector and squid.conf files to the server. The systems are cheap enough that we'll have a spare system sitting on a shelf and while we could just rebuild a new system in an hour or so it would be nice to have a CD that could be slapped in and have a locked down configured system in place real quick. We last tried to use Symantec's Ghost software when we ran into the problem of ending up with a 40gb image. Looks like we'll have to do a test run..I just checked with our network guys and we are on version 7 now. Here's additional info if anyone is wondering: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/1999021909463125
It won't be for a week or two until I've finished testing things, have locked down the box, and have a chance to ghost the image, but if anyone is interested I'll post back with how we made out. Our thinking is these boxes don't hold any changing data, so ghosting them is the best means of disaster recovery for us. Maximum downtime would be the time to reapply the image and possibly change some network config options for proper placement in whichever section of the DMZ the server will be going in. Chris Perreault -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:53 AM To: Chris Perreault Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid ghost image On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Chris Perreault wrote: > Any recommendations for ghosting a configured server? My recommendation is documenting the install procedure on how to install the OS, then replicate configuration files etc between the servers (and a safe backup) using rsync. This way you also have a clean path on how to upgrade the system later on. Regards Henrik