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The document discusses DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) and Clonezilla, which are free software projects developed by the National Center for High-Performance Computing in Taiwan. DRBL provides a diskless environment for client machines using distributed hardware resources. It also includes Clonezilla, a partitioning and disk cloning utility similar to Symantec Ghost. The document provides an overview of how DRBL and Clonezilla work and their benefits over other solutions like LTSP, as well as information on installation, usage modes, and real-world users.

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DRBL

The document discusses DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) and Clonezilla, which are free software projects developed by the National Center for High-Performance Computing in Taiwan. DRBL provides a diskless environment for client machines using distributed hardware resources. It also includes Clonezilla, a partitioning and disk cloning utility similar to Symantec Ghost. The document provides an overview of how DRBL and Clonezilla work and their benefits over other solutions like LTSP, as well as information on installation, usage modes, and real-world users.

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DRBLandClonezilla

Thedeploymentandrestorationsystem

StevenShiau,ChenKaiSun,
YaoTsugWangandYuChinTsai
http://drbl.nchc.org.tw,http://drbl.sf.net
NationalCenterforHighPerformanceComputing(NCHC)
Taiwan
July,2006
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WhatisDRBLandClonezilla?
DisklessRemoteBootinLinux(DRBL)providesa
disklessorsystemlessenvironmentforclient
machines.
UnlikeLTSP,itusesdistributedhardware
resourcesandmakesitpossibleforclientstofully
accesslocalhardware.ItalsoincludesClonezilla,a
partitioninganddiskcloningutilitysimilarto
SymantecGhost.
CoexistwiththeOSinclient'slocalHD
Clientmachinesplugandplay
2
FreeSoftwareSmartClassroom,FSSC

FreesoftwareprojectsdevelopedbyNCHCFree
SoftwareLabs
Ourgoal
FSSC(FreeSoftwareSmartClassroom)
DRBL,Clonezilla
MulticastVNC
AccessGrid,Elearning
Clustercomputingreadyclassroom
Gridcomputingreadyclassroom

3
DRBLDisklessRemoteBootinLinux
PXE/Etherboot+NFS+NISstandingona
giant'sshoulder
Orig:PCCluster>FreeSoftwareClassroom
1.Multienvironmentincomputerclassroom
Linux&M$Windowscoexist
2.Simplifythemanagement
Allservicesandprogramsareinoneserver,youdonothavetocheck
everyclient
OSandpackagesareinstalledonceinDRBLserver.

3.Hardwareandinstallationaresimplified,but
softwareisfullandallreadyforclients!
4
DRBLvs.LTSP
SincethereisLTSP,whyDRBL?
Centralizedresourcevs.distributedresource
SpecialfeaturesforDRBL
Clonezilla
switchclientenvironment,justoneselectioninserver
DRBL,FreeDOS,OSinlocalHD,memtest

Linuxnetworkinstallation

DRBLisnotsuitableforoldmachines
Choosewhatyouneed

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Clonezilla
DRBLbuiltinkillerfunction
Clonezilla[OCS(OpensourceCloneSystem)]
Withpartimage(http://www.partimage.org)andudpcast(
http://udpcast.linux.lu/),apartitioninganddiskcloningutilitysimilarto
SymantecGhost.InNCHCPCclassroom,ittakes50minutesto1hour
toclone3.5GbytesM$windowsXPimagefor36clients.Formulticast
cloning,ittakesaboutonly10minutes.

SaveandrestoredifferentOSimages
Linux,M$Windows

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DRBLEnvironment
publicip

NIC1
server
NIC2 NIC3 NIC4

privateip privateip privateip

switch1 switch2 switch3

node001 node013 node014 node027 node028 node040


~ ~ ~
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DRBL

clientnodes
server switch pxe/etherboot
pxe/etherboot
DHCP IP 192.168.0.1 172.16.100.40

TFTP kernel boot boot

NFS filesystem /,/usr,/home... /,/usr,/home...

NIS account userlogin userlogin

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Installation
http://drbl.nchc.org.tw;http://drbl.sf.net
GNU/Linuxdistributions
i386/X86_64platform
DebianWoody(3.0)/Sarge(3.1),B2D,UbuntuBreezy(5.10),
RedHatLinux8.0,9,FedoraCore1,2,3,4,5,
Mandrake9.2,10.0,10.1,MandrivaLE2005(10.2),2006,
CentOS4,4.1,4.2,4.3,
SuSE9.3,10.0,OpenSuSE10.0

4stepstoinstall
InstallGNU/Linux
InstallDRBLpackage
Configureserver
Configureclient
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ModesofDRBL/Clonezilla
FullDRBL FullClonezilla DRBLSSI ClonezillaBox
/etc,/varof
client NFSbased NFSbased Tmpfsbased Tmpfsbase
and/varof
clientafter
reboot Kept Kept Gone Gone
Extraspacein
server/client ~50MB ~50MB 0 0
Maxclient
#/ethernet
cardinserver 253 253 253 253

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DRBLandClonezilla

<>
Demo/Workshopfor
DRBL/Clonezilla
DRBLdeployment
Installandconfigure.
Managetheclients.

Clonezillasave/restoreimage
1. Addoneapplicationormodifythesettingtooneclientmachine,
2. UploadanimagetoasetofimagestobedistributedtoclientsonaLAN.
3. Restoretheimagetotheclients.

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UsersinTaiwan
>280sites
PublicSector
Primary/Highschool93
University61
Hospital3
TVstation1
Government12
NPOs15
SMB66
Misc41

*Statisticson2005/12/05 <>
DRBL/Clonezillausersaroundtheworld
Japan
OsakaPrefectureUniversity
TokyoChristianUniversity

USA
InternetCafe@Chicago

Canada
DepartmentofEducation,ProvinceofNovaScotia

Indonesia
ElearningCentre,Aceh
IndexOpensourceCafe,Manado(northsulawesi)

Portugal
CollegeISPGaya

Brazil,France,Germany,Sweden,UK... <>

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