Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Jun 4 13:18:22 CDT 2014
There is a new product designed for Linux server clusters but will work fine on a single machine called Core OS. It is designed to keep the servers current and all the kernel and core application up to date. For a long time Linux servers have just tended to sit in the back ground and just run...as long as they ran without problem or security breaches they would be left on their own. The problem has because these servers just work and so many have sat basically un-updated for years and years. It ends up in many cases with systems that no one will attempt to upgrade. Enter a product called CoreOS: https://coreos.com Google has already adopted the tool to work with it Cloud computing engine: http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.ca/2014/05/official-coreos-images-are-now-available-on-google-compute-engine.html In the end this product is designed to take all the complexity and effort out of maintaining a large (or small) Linux server cluster or network while keeping everything current. Jim