Dennis, Washington and Aki... Thanks alot guys for the input... Very helpful & Washington's pinch of salt taken with tequila..lol.. So far these are what I have gotten - Documentation - Hidden Costs (addons) - OS Clone support from developer & to users - Dissect both systems (will spare the long weekend to play with them) Dennis: Documentation and Active community (totally noted) Washington: both systems cover our requirements but I havent tinkered with them well enough. Will spare time Aki: Power aint a problem where we are. Have UPS & building power generator as reliable backups but will consider your advise if setting it up elsewhere. It is easy to overlook UPS requirements Will update u on my final decision. Advise can still flow in.. Thanks Skunks Kind Regards, [image: Ephraim Muchemi] [image: Chagua Amani, Zuia Noma][image: Freedom][image: Global Warming is real][image: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle] Social Profile: [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/emuchemi> [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/efi_m> [image: LinkedIn]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/emuchemi> [image: foursquare] <https://foursquare.com/e_muchemi> [image: WordPress]<http://littlehacker.wordpress.com> Contact me: [image: Google Talk] emuchemi [image: Y! messenger] emuchemi [image: Skype] flyefi [image: WWF - World Wide Fund For Nature] <http://bit.ly/wwf-site>Donate<http://bit.ly/wwf-site>| Share on Facebook <http://on.fb.me/kE6cbn> | Share on Twitter<http://bit.ly/Tweet-WWF>Add this to your emails<http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/causeWWF?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_term=causeWWF&utm_campaign=apps> Printing emails is SO 2009 Get a signature like this. <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=19&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_19> CLICK HERE.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=19&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_19> On 8 December 2011 19:45, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Muchemi, I forgot to add the UPS portion. How will the UPS control the Unix-clone server for power shutdown when the batteries are almost drained, and re-boot when a certain threshold is reached. You may also want to look into this, whether you will need an expensive network version UPS or you could simply hookup a smaller smart ups via USB, then the Unix-clone becomes the network power messaging system.
BTW, a question request to Unix-clone admins, how do you deal with the UPS and power outages to a network wide system control. I've never implemented this scenario on open systems but have done it on propretary and its a breeze, works extremely well.
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