Administering a thousand hosts

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.
Thank,
Dar=EDo
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Re: Administering a thousand hosts

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Darío 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.
>
>
My recommendation would still be cfengine. Whilst more difficult to do
it is still possible to administer a large volume of servers -
especially if there is no critical local data. I'd also recommend
Nagios (www.nagios.org) for systems monitoring - excellent for many
remote hosts.

Regards

James

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James Turnbull
PGP Key at http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x0C42DF40





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Re: Administering a thousand hosts

Thanks for the answers, in particular http://www.infrastructures.org
seems to be what I was looking for, after all they claim they are
administering 15,000 hosts.

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:46:43 +1100, James Turnbull
wrote:
> Dar=EDo Mariani wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> >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 da=
ta
> >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 netwo=
rk
> >and I feel that it cannot help if the number of hosts exceeds 40 or
> >50.
> >
> >
> My recommendation would still be cfengine. Whilst more difficult to =
do
> it is still possible to administer a large volume of servers -
> especially if there is no critical local data. I'd also recommend
> Nagios (www.nagios.org) for systems monitoring - excellent for many
> remote hosts.
>=20
> Regards
>=20
> James
>=20
> --
> James Turnbull
> PGP Key at http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0x0C=
42DF40
>=20
>=20
>
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