linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 12/26] ext2 white-out support

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708012000420.26668@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2007 20:01:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@...la.net>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Josef Sipek <jsipek@....cs.sunysb.edu>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 12/26] ext2 white-out support


On Aug 1 2007 12:00, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
>
>*) The amount of administration work of any (necessary, unfortunately) 
>VMware XP instance running on top of those diskless clients excels that of 
>all diskless clients by an order of magnitude.

Hardly :)
Install XP, snapshot it when done. Copy .vmdk to 'all' machines.
On security upgrades, revert to snapshot (well - if the workflow allows it),
install, snapshot again. Etc.
Work: 1 1/2.


	Jan
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