Finally, the Institute of Computer Science in UPLB is putting Linux in all the computer science laboratories. We're now officially going ALL LINUX, with one lab containing a dual boot system (because there are requests that need Windows on those machines).
Now the faculty are having problems figuring out how to setup all the boxes so that administration is minimal, and that installation would be a breeze. But the last thing that's easy in Linux are both installation and administration. Are there any suggestions about strategies and practices that could ease the pain of migrating systems to Linux? Or even just setting them up from scratch? There are ~100 computers (Athlons, Pentiums, and just recently a few SPARCs that I am setting up to act as a class 2 Beowulf) which need to have Linux, and have to be administered by a handful of people. Certainly an LTSP setup would be impractical since the load on the network would be too much, and the power of the desktops wouldn't be put to good use. Remote file systems would be a problem, since at peak hours (10am-4pm) the activity would be outrageous. Any suggestions? Anybody have actual experience with administering that many "production" systems/computers with Linux? Any tips and tricks that the novice should know? If not anything, I'm just really overwhelmed with the task put on the faculty's shoulders, and I as a student would like to be able to help in any way I can. Thanks In Advance! :) -- Dean Michael Berris http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] +63 919 8720686 GPG 08AE6EAC
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