4/12/2023 0 Comments Ghostcast server download![]() ![]() A network was build to accommodate about 200 machines at once, usually 20 to a bench. Thankfully, I was able to equip our benches with a considerable number of HP ProCurve 2510-G 10/100/1000 managed L2 ethernet switches, some NetGear switches, and an HP tower server. ![]() ![]() I figured that a network based solution, using the base file type we and our customers use (Symantec Ghost images), would work better, if only due to ease of use if not speed. This worked well, until the IDE duplicator died, the smaller SATA duplicator had failed ports, and to be quite honest there was damage being done to screws as the drives were taken out of/back into their machines. We then augmented this deployment solution with the concept of “master drives” that we’d mark as unique, store on a shelf, and pull out to duplicate. ![]() We had a massive 16 drive IDE drive duplicator, a smaller 8 drive SATA duplicator, and had recently purchased a 16 drive SATA duplicator that ran it’s own embedded Windows and was quite fancy. So imagine a scenario where you have to prep hundreds of different machines, for different customers, with different setups, but with hundreds of potential variations of OS, applications, licensing, and you’d need these all on demand.īack in the day (up to about 2 years ago, actually), we solved this scenario in our warehouse with a hard drive duplicator setup. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |