Comments on: Templates Shmemplates, What’s All The Fuss About? http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7261/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: dale.reagan http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7261/#comment-6227 dale.reagan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7261/#comment-6227 Greetings,<br /> <br /> While not quite the same approach the Cobbler project allows you to kickstart bare metal or virtual machines. I suppose that the kickstart file (a configuration file used to specify which components to install when building an OS) is similar to the templates referenced in this discussion. In my testing I found that the time required for a PXE install is comparable to the times that you list.<br /> <br /> For anyone needing to build/deploy new virtual or bare metal systems Cobbler may be of use. I use it with VirtualBox since Xen would not run on my hardware.<br /> <br /> http://web-tech.ga-usa.com/tags/cobbler<br /> <br /> :)<br /> Dale Greetings,

While not quite the same approach the Cobbler project allows you to kickstart bare metal or virtual machines. I suppose that the kickstart file (a configuration file used to specify which components to install when building an OS) is similar to the templates referenced in this discussion. In my testing I found that the time required for a PXE install is comparable to the times that you list.

For anyone needing to build/deploy new virtual or bare metal systems Cobbler may be of use. I use it with VirtualBox since Xen would not run on my hardware.

http://web-tech.ga-usa.com/tags/cobbler

:)
Dale

]]> By: travellig http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7261/#comment-6228 travellig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7261/#comment-6228 In this era of virtualization, one tend to forget that not everything can be templated in a VM. There is still a need to cater for bare metal deployments on physical servers. <br /> <br /> If a company is fully committed to virtualisation then it makes sense to template. However, this is not the case for everyone and physical servers will still need to be deployed somehow.<br /> <br /> Now, with the above in mind then having one solution for VMs (templates) and another for physical hardware (management system tool) it is expensive, so having one single solution to cater for both makes more sense.<br /> <br /> By using a management tool for VMs and Physical, one can achieve the same results as templating. In this era of virtualization, one tend to forget that not everything can be templated in a VM. There is still a need to cater for bare metal deployments on physical servers.

If a company is fully committed to virtualisation then it makes sense to template. However, this is not the case for everyone and physical servers will still need to be deployed somehow.

Now, with the above in mind then having one solution for VMs (templates) and another for physical hardware (management system tool) it is expensive, so having one single solution to cater for both makes more sense.

By using a management tool for VMs and Physical, one can achieve the same results as templating.

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