Re: shared NFS systems
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 02:13:07PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I think it should be an important goal of Debian to work properly,
> without resorting to hacks, on systems which share one or more files
> using something like NFS (from sharing /usr all the way through to
> sharing / for nfsroot systems).
Shared NFS roots are fun, and not that hard. About all it takes is devfs,
a couple of ram disks, and moving gdm's /var/lib into /var/run(RAM disk)
I have two different sets of 10 workstations in a couple of charter
schools. Both run off of a single fast drive in the server after netbooting.
I'll see about writing some of this up for you.
> I do not expect any of these ideas to get implemented any time soon,
> but rather I hope to try and create some discussion as to what is the
> best way to proceed.
Some of them allready are, with unexpected advantages. Like sharing the
high score files for games. That's, of course, on top of the passwd file
sharing(no NIS, etc) and the fact you can dist-upgrade one, and all the
systems are intantainiously up to date.
- Nick Lopez
kimo_sabe@atdot.org
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Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.
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