How much of the 600GB is required by each user, each time they sit down and log in to one of these cloned machines?
If it's typical--they only need the basic libs, shell, and dm--I would think NFS would be a great solution for this. You might consider using NFS with unionfs/aufs layered on top to store differences locally. Also, if you segregate the data by partition, only clone the root fs initially (for booting), you could NFS share the data so it's transferred on-demand (or if you must, clone it too, but doing that separately from the OS lets you do it at a later time and/or via a different mechanism even if you want). /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
