On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 02:20:52PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > OTOH, most of the server environments I encounter are much smaller than > > that; typically 5-15 machines, and usually mostly or all Linux. In this > > kind of environment I've found cfengine to be overkill - the learning > > curve for the local admins is just too much to justify the benefits. > > See, 5-15 machines says "one admin" to me. If that one admin has a tightly > honed deployment / change management solution (for example, cfengine), then > she won't be overwhelmed when projects (not maintenance or support) start to > multiply, or when four machines die at once. > > Learning cfengine is challenging, but even for small deployments, there's a > pretty good saving to be had.
But from cfengine in particular, or from having a "tightly honed deployment / change management solution" in general? I'm all in favour the latter; it's the cfengine instance of that solution that I've found a hard sell. cfengine is sendmail in this space - does everything, but is a dog to learn. I want a postfix. Cheers, Gavin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
