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From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:user-b9fa55f5c833@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:58 PM
To: user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Configuration database backend.
I use cfengine to distribute my host files to my different
machines. I have 8 machines. Having a database to manage
configuration would be a mistake IMHO.
Paul
Agreed, a database would be overkill in an environment that small. Ours
is getting large and with the potential of 1000's of servers and 50 -
100 administrators, the hobbit-alerts.cfg file and hobbit-clients.cfg
file are getting unmanageable. Ecspecialy as admins come and go, hard
to figure out who entries for emails addresses and pager notifications
is current. Clumping them into groups has helped but its still getting
cumbersome.
Trent Melcher
Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Securities America Financial Corporation
(XXX) XXX-XXXX x2774
user-a7d23e07dd5c@xymon.invalid
Small? I don't think I was clear - that's 8 server machines - not
clients.
I've got about 10k clients feeding it. The 8 machines are a combination
of server, pager and display machines.
Paul