Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-07 Thread Ed
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Ben Browning b...@bensbrowning.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Check out this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software Hey Lisa, That's all config

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-07 Thread Lisa Kachold
How about just a basic PXE server: http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_pxe_install_server On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Ben Browning b...@bensbrowning.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Check out this list:

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-07 Thread Stephen
It occurs to me, the clonezilla alternate cd is built from ubuntu, and works just fine on raid controllers, but the ones I interacted with were recognized by the kernel and did not require additional drivers. You may want to check and see if the alternate will see your hardware. And im fairly

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-06 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Ben, On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Ben Browning b...@bensbrowning.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Ted Gould t...@gould.cx wrote: I haven't used it, but I think that Orchestra does something like this. Not sure about the FreeBSD support, but I think it just works off of

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-06 Thread Lisa Kachold
Check out this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.comwrote: Hi Ben, On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Ben Browning b...@bensbrowning.comwrote: On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-06 Thread Ben Browning
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Check out this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software Hey Lisa, That's all config management and software deployment- I need something that PXE boots and installs

OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-05 Thread Ben Browning
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

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-05 Thread Stephen
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

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-05 Thread Ben Browning
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: check out clonezilla that combined with drbl can do what you are thinking about. clonezilla.org Nope. I forgot to mention I looked at that one too. It doesn't do software raid stuff, which I need it to. It also doesn't seem

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-05 Thread Ted Gould
I haven't used it, but I think that Orchestra does something like this. Not sure about the FreeBSD support, but I think it just works off of disk images, so it wouldn't care. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/10/getting-started-with-ubuntu-orchestra-servers-in-concert/ --Ted On Thu,

Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?

2012-01-05 Thread Ben Browning
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Ted Gould t...@gould.cx wrote: I haven't used it, but I think that Orchestra does something like this. Not sure about the FreeBSD support, but I think it just works off of disk images, so it wouldn't care. Just took a look at it, and it is looking a lot like