I'm wanting to use LTSP to remote-boot all of my servers. Basically I will have a few Qmail servers, a few Apache servers, a few LDAP servers, etc. all booted via LTSP. I have quite a few diskless workstations to use up and a high performance server. All file systems will be mounted to the main server via NFS or some other file system and the high performance server will have 1-2 hotbackups in case it fails. I'm planning on connecting all of the servers to the remote-boot server via fibre channel, or gigibit at the very least, on a private network dedicated to the servers to try to get a handle on bandwidth bottlenecks if there are any. I can purchase diskless servers for around $400 and spend about $4000 on the high performance server. So I could theoretically save $2600 per server by going diskless. All of the data will be stored on the main server even if they weren't diskless so I don't think I'll have a problem there. So, is there a better solution for remote-booting in a server environment?? I think all I need to do is get authentication to work on the workstations and that's it. If I can log directly into the workstation via telnet or other, which is not possible right now, then I think everything else should work. I currently have ports 25, 110, 111 running on 16 of my LTSP workstations so Qmail is functional but not until I can authenticate to the workstation. In a nutshell, I want LTSP servers...not LTSP workstations. Any help?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 May 13 - 15:31 "Michael H.Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Is qmail running locally on the workstations? My only question is why >anyone would want to do this? > >What are you wanting to accomplish? > >have fun. > > > >On Mon, 13 May 2002 14:57:23 -0700 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed into the bitstream: > >~How do you get a LTSP workstation to act as a server?? I have 20 LTSP >~workstations booted and running Qmail on all of them but I can't >~authenticate to the LTSP workstations. How do I fix this??? Is there >~a better solution for remote-booting in a server environment?? I'm not >~looking at clustering just yet.... >~Thanks for your help.... > >-- > > .--. > |o_o | Michael H. Collins > |:_/ | Admiral, Penguinista Navy > // http://www.linuxlink.com > (| | ) http://kpig.com > /'_ _/` http://kuro5hin.org > ___)=(___/ > > > > >
