What do you have FOG running on?
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HP Microserver N40L running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with a pair of 1Tb hdd’s in raid1 for image storage. Isolated network running into a cheap Netgear Gbe switch to unicast to 10 machines at a time.
I look after around 3000 x Panasonic Toughbooks which have a hard life out with Field based workers so the HDD sector scan function comes in very handy.
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Was VM on esxi in an intel blade server setup but the FOG server was running into resource issues when imaging multiple computers. Started out great, but would stall at 200 MiB/min when imaging lately.
Now it’s on a Dell PowerEdge 2600 with 2 x 2.4 Ghz Dual Core Xeons, 8GB RAM, and 6x73GB 10k drives in raid 5. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, with LTSP enhancements for ProxyDHCP functionality.
I also moved the server from the main switch which also had the rest of the servers and stuff, to a decidated switch in my workroom. Now I can image laptops and desktops that are in for service without impacting the rest of the network. 3.2 GiB/min with the new setup.
We’re a school, so the workload is usually 1 to 10 computers images per week, except in July/August when we image every laptop and desktop in the district, which is now up to 800 computers.
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fog 0.32, Fedora 16
Dell PowerEdge 2800
2x 3.0GHz Dual Core Xenon
4GB RAM
4x 73GB 10,000rpm HDDs in RAID 5Network is mostly 10/100 with select switches slowly being upgraded to 10/100/1000 to match the backbone.
99% of workstations are running Windows XP (remainder is Windows 7)
Currently have about 500 machines used with FOG and a couple hundred that I still rely on ghost to image until I get around to building a custom kernel with all of the appropriate drivers.
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In the college I work at I’m a network technician in one department and network administrator and only technician in a smaller department, the latter of which has virtually no budget, so I have to scrimp and scrape what I can together and any server hardware is donated from the main department I work in. Consequently I came across fog about 4 months back. I previously used DRBL server with clonezilla to image the 34 machines for our Cisco academy network but switched to fog 0.32 before the summer. The no budget aspect means the most powerful machine I could have is a core i5 2500 quad core, 16GB ram, with 3x 1TB drives in RAID5 setup.
Software wise the host OS is Slackware 13.37 x64 and I’m running Virtualbox 4.1 to host 4 virtual PCs. I wasn’t really sure that Virtualbox was up to the job of running a fog server before the summer but after extensive testing under loads it can quite comfortably support my Ubuntu Server 10.04 / fog 0.32 setup.
I just thought I’d add my 2 pennies (2 cents as the Americans say) worth as I’ve not seen many people using Virtualbox to host things like this. I’m very comfortable relying on it though for the conditions I work in with this smaller network.
Anyone else using fog on Virtualbox?? I’d love some feedback on your experiences.
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[quote=“Matt Harding, post: 8683, member: 1207”]In the college I work at I’m a network technician in one department and network administrator and only technician in a smaller department, the latter of which has virtually no budget, so I have to scrimp and scrape what I can together and any server hardware is donated from the main department I work in. Consequently I came across fog about 4 months back. I previously used DRBL server with clonezilla to image the 34 machines for our Cisco academy network but switched to fog 0.32 before the summer. The no budget aspect means the most powerful machine I could have is a core i5 2500 quad core, 16GB ram, with 3x 1TB drives in RAID5 setup.
Software wise the host OS is Slackware 13.37 x64 and I’m running Virtualbox 4.1 to host 4 virtual PCs. I wasn’t really sure that Virtualbox was up to the job of running a fog server before the summer but after extensive testing under loads it can quite comfortably support my Ubuntu Server 10.04 / fog 0.32 setup.
I just thought I’d add my 2 pennies (2 cents as the Americans say) worth as I’ve not seen many people using Virtualbox to host things like this. I’m very comfortable relying on it though for the conditions I work in with this smaller network.
Anyone else using fog on Virtualbox?? I’d love some feedback on your experiences.[/quote]
this is good to know, i have thought about putting FOG in virtualbox on a server
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Running on a little HP ML110 with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. So far I think we have imaged around 200 of 1200 machines in a standalone environment. We arent currently using most of the features but this server has helped us greatly with deployments.
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Ubuntu 10.10 desktop 64bit 8 gigs of ram and bonded 1 gig nics in a VmWare environment. Managing our three building main campus and 26 branch locations. Storage nodes at each location that provide PXE boot and Samba share for snapins. It’s a complete hands off setup. Our helpdesk can image and deploy software to any computer without having to go to the location. All thanks to the FOG team here this is the best solution with great support.
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My Fog-Machine is running Ubuntu 10.10 on a Dell Poweredge 1650 4GB RAM. (also have VM image in case this physical server dies.)
The storage node is an Iomega 14TB StorCenter px6-300d.It works quite well for our environment, where we only need images 1-2 times a year because nothing really changes as far as configuration. (We image everything from workstations to AGFA printers the size of a VW bus.)
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My FOG server is running on virtualized Ubuntu 12.04, ESXi on a Dell PowerEdge M610. Works great – the only bottlenecks I ever run into is related to our limited network bandwidth, not FOG resource usage.
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Sun Microsystem Server old V40z OS=Cento 6.3
Great still working on some problems but for the most part it is greatThank you guys
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I have my FOG system in two parts, i.e. DHCP and FOG on two separate machines.
The Fog Server is on a 8-port GBit switch (port 1 going back to a 10/100 “router” i.e. like the one you’d have at home) leaving me with 6 spare ports, on a workbench for when I do imaging. The FOG Server itself is:
fog 0.32, Ubuntu 11.10
Gateway DX4200-09
AMD Phenom 9150e Quad-Core (1.80Ghz per core, I think)
4GB RAM
1x 640GB 7200pm HDDEssentially, I found the best PC just laying around doing nothing. And it’s doing it’s job fine.
The DHCP Server also doubles as a Fileserver for random files around the office, ISO’s, etc… It’s currently got a 10/100 Ethernet port running Linux Mint 10, on a different switch (also a GBit, with a link back to the same router). Just for kicks, here are it’s stats:
Mint Linux 10 “Julia”
IBM ThinkCentre
Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.66Ghz
1GB RAM
1x 250GB HDDAgain, made from parts around the office.
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Have you guys tried to do an off network fog server? Like self contained on a laptop, that you could just drag into a room with a switch and image pc’s? Also, does anyone have any advice on a setup behind a small home router managing DHCP and not Fog? Thx
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Yes I have had a portable FOG install on a laptop before. It worked really well.
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I use Virtual Machines… I have pfsense controlling DHCP and FOG on Ubuntu within ESXi
