DRBL

DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux)

  • DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux)是一個自由軟體,由國家高速網路與計算中心所開發,主要功能是安裝了此軟體的Linux伺服器,就可以同時提供數十台電腦操作與使用。管理者所需要做得就是在伺服器上安裝好Linux之後,再裝好DRBL,用戶端電腦不需要有硬碟,不需安裝軟體,只要透過PXE網路開機,就可以直接使用了伺服器端提供的Linux了。DRBL的特色包含: 支援多元化的資訊教育,與現有系統共存,電腦教室可以很方便與快速的切換作業系統
  • 用戶端電腦可以不需要有硬碟,有硬碟DRBL也可以充分利用
  • 集中管理,安裝1台就等於安裝多台(~40台),下一個指令就可以對多台電腦做動作
  • 內建回復系統,可以同時複製或是還原多台(~40台)用戶端電腦硬碟裡的作業系統(Linux, MS Windows 9X/2K/XP皆可)

DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) is a free software, open source solution to managing the deployment of the GNU/Linux operating system across many clients. Imagine the time required to install GNU/Linux on 40, 30, or even 10 client machines individually! DRBL allows for the configuration all of your client computers by installing just one server machine. DRBL provides a diskless or systemless environment for client machines. It works on Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS and SuSE. DRBL uses distributed hardware resources and makes it possible for clients to fully access local hardware. It also includes Clonezilla, a partitioning and disk cloning utility.

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