Re: tlug: Re: multi-processor linux configuration ?

["Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <chak@example.com>]

"Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com> wrote,

> >>>>> "Darren" == Darren Cook <darren@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Darren> One interesting thing I read - the more machines you have,
>     Darren> the more often you'll seem to have machine failures. So
>     Darren> make sure the machines are easy to replace, and that your
>     Darren> application can adapt to machines coming and going.
> 
> I would just setup one master machine and then use rdist to keep them
> all in sync. Keeping all the file systems ( partions ) the same will
> make life a lot simpler. You should be able to do the install of a new
> machine over then local net. Once a very basic system is installed,
> rdist from the master machine and your set.

I'd use `rsync':

  http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/

Saves a lot of network traffic in case you apply some
changes, ie., only the changes are transferred (like with
diff). 

Manuel
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