Hi, On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Luis Fernando Sanchez <direc...@fundaorth.org> wrote: > Hi Daniel, this is Luis Fernando Sanchez, Executive Director of Marina Orth > Foundation in Medellin, Colombia. I have a question, but let me > contextualize the situation first . In Itagui town in Colombia they are > going to implement an OLPC with 14.500 XO; they also have 38 schools and 38 > school servers. We would like to know if is good and practical idea to > install a central server where they can manage everything. If so, what kind > of server they will need and how they can implement that?
I'd say that you should implement a central management system if you feel that you need it (i.e. if there are things that can be centrally done), and otherwise you shouldn't burden yourself with the effort. This really depends on what the role of the school server will be, and how often you forsee having to update files on the machine. As for server choice and implementation, I think such choices should be based on the expertise locally available. However I can recommend some systems of personal preference: In Nicaragua we have many servers but each one is almost identical (talking about the content that it hosts and the roles that it plays). We manage them with a central server that runs Fedora 16 and acts as a "puppet server": http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Zamora_Teran/Puppet Then we run puppet on all the school servers to keep them synchronized with the central server. We use puppet to send out new content and tweak the configuration of the system. With an active technical team you'll never finish configuring your server, and puppet's design reflects this nicely. This is a solid system but requires quite a lot of expertise. Good luck with your project! Daniel _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
