Re: linux AD/NDS replacement (was Re: New M$ Storage OS)

["john doe" <ophidian_snake@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net>
>How big is your 250-node network? Some technologies and architectures
>that don't scale very well. A notable example was Netware which simply
>couldn't function on a network larger than a small campus.


i have seen larger novell installations that were working just fine in which 
the admins didnt report any real trouble that was netware's fault.  i think 
novell scaling is an implimentations issue.  this isnt the issue at hand 
really, im more interested in a replacement that stays within the boundries 
of linux/bsd


>
>I'll assume that your 250 nodes are mostly PCs in a typical commercial
>office layout . If you were running 250 PCs in classroom training
>environments with huge software re-installation needs, you might
>consider using virtual disk images on SAN boxes. If you have the luxury
>of having most or all of those 250 nodes the same make/model of PC, you
>can make very cost-effective use of hardware disk copying devices like
>those at http://www.corpsys.com.

not my network, just a hypothetical one

im just wanting a single place i can add a user and then that user can use 
any machine he/she wants to without me going to each and every machine 
adding a user (be it physically going to the machine or ssh-ing).  a roaming 
profile would be nice but not required.

multicast ghost or the equivalent would be what i would use for replication 
of the drives but that wasnt the issue i was really meaning


>
>Comprehensive monitoring and control software for the intelligent
>devices (switches, routers, etc.) on a 250-node network might be hard to
>find. That's too small for HP OpenView and IBM Tivoli. You might have to
>deal with them as discrete devices via their internal web or telnet
>interfaces.
>
>Maybe Novell's purchase of Ximian will result in an updated NDS-like
>capability for Linux.

that would be nice.  my personal opinion on the matter is that if you want 
more corporate penetration in this day and age you need centralized 
management of the entire network (assuming all *nix boxes).  adding in some 
support for a windows box authing and participating through the replacement 
GINA project and then we are talking.

but its just my pipe dream

Casey


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