From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Turnbull Subject: Re: Administering a thousand hosts Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:46:43 +1100 Message-ID: <419B2C13.8050603@lovedthanlost.net> References: <84bd26ef041116070571d84f2e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms000602030201070004010708" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <84bd26ef041116070571d84f2e@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dar=EDo_Mariani?= Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms000602030201070004010708 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dar=EDo Mariani wrote: >Hello: > I'm facing the problem of administering a thousand servers >distributed all over Latin America. All servers will be similar >(probably a RedHat based distribution) and will not have critical data >stored locally. > Does anyone know of some tips, documentation or programs for >administering such monster from a single location?. > I've tested cfengine but seems oriented to an heterogenenous network >and I feel that it cannot help if the number of hosts exceeds 40 or >50. > =20 > My recommendation would still be cfengine. Whilst more difficult to do=20 it is still possible to administer a large volume of servers -=20 especially if there is no critical local data. I'd also recommend=20 Nagios (www.nagios.org) for systems monitoring - excellent for many=20 remote hosts. 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