Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:09:36 -0500 From: Steve Shorter <steve@nomad.lets.net> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: kern/54383: NFS root configuration without dynamic protocols: dhcp, bootp, etc ... Message-ID: <20031125180936.GA19879@nomad.lets.net>
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Howdy! I only boot from Intel cards that support PXE. This greatly simplifies the administration of large numbers of diskless machines. It makes kernel changes trivial. If your going to go diskless you may as well go all the way for the base/root system and kernel. If you need RAID disks for data then you can throw some swap on them, but otherwise with memory cheap you can usually get away without swap. The problem with hardrives isn't cost. Its a source of failure and administrative overhead. Avoid them. If you can't, then use RAID for data and still PXE boot over the network. Upgrading kernel on each machine is a major drag if there are lots of machines. In general a solution that is not scalable is not a good one. -steve
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