cross-platform bare metal remote restore system?

[Arie Skliarouk]

Probably too late, but will write my opinion anyway:

I would set up netboot environment that each server is configured to boot
from automatically (falling back to harddisk boot). The DHCP configuration
is defined to include netboot configuration for servers that are scheduled
for reinstallation.

Netboot system will automatically reinstall the server using specified
image, notify DHCP on success and reboot.

--
Arie



On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 02:41, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11 March 2010 00:11, Ira Abramov <Lists-Linux-IL at ira.abramov.org>
> wrote:
> > On the short list are:
> > * OpenQRM (an overkill, and I think avoiding full wipe is not easy)
> > * G4L (I know nothing about it)
> > * Partimage/PING (donno it, and it seems unmaintained)
> > * Clonezilla (seems like the best candidate ATM)
> > * FOG (aka freeghost - seems pretty good as well)
>
> I haven't tried all the options in the list but as far as my experience
> goes:
> 1. G4L wasn't very useable back when we tried it
> 2. Clonezilla rocks
>
> We use Clonezilla to backup legacy windows servers for rainy days.
>
> --Amos
>
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