Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 12, 2003 01:56 AM
>Set up RIS to be able to completly load new PCs >with one of several specific PC images in about 20 >minutes of unattanded downloading per PC
Do you take into account the time to create these initial images ? Do you count the analysis time ? These factors are the most important and take much time !
>I've been hoping to find a set of tools under >Linus to address this problem for about 3years, >but I always come back to cost vs. work vs. time.
If you need replication, you can try http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/replicat<nobr>o<wbr></nobr> r.html
50Pc x 100$ (Windows - I forgot server licences) = 5000$ 500$ a day you can take about 10 days for a free solution... (and problably saves a lot of in the next years !)
Re:prove to me I have a viable choice
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 12, 2003 01:56 AM>with one of several specific PC images in about 20
>minutes of unattanded downloading per PC
Do you take into account the time to create these initial images ? Do you count the analysis time ? These factors are the most important and take much time !
>I've been hoping to find a set of tools under
>Linus to address this problem for about 3years,
>but I always come back to cost vs. work vs. time.
If you need replication, you can try
http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/replicat<nobr>o<wbr></nobr> r.html
50Pc x 100$ (Windows - I forgot server licences) = 5000$
500$ a day you can take about 10 days for a free solution... (and problably saves a lot of in the next years !)
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