Appliance promises easier Linux server management

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
06/29/05
Today's focus: Appliance promises easier Linux server
management

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* Levanta Intrepid M
* Links related to Linux
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Today's focus: Appliance promises easier Linux server
management

By Phil Hochmuth

Users faced with the task of rolling out a new Linux server farm
may want to give Levanta's new Intrepid M product a tryout.

The product is a hardware appliance that runs Linux server setup
and management software, allowing users to control settings and
configurations of multiple Linux boxes from a single point. The
product also allows users to set up new Linux servers or upgrade
Linux operating system versions and applications across a
network.

The device uses a template-based approach to server setup,
allowing users to create server profiles with specific
configuration settings and groups of applications that can be
pushed down to multiple machines. This takes the legwork out of
visiting dozens of machines to manually install software via CD,
or by pulling software down off of a network drive, the company
says.

In addition to server operating system and software setups, the
Levanta Intrepid M box can also help monitor servers through
consolidated event logs and track changes made to operating
systems and applications.

While it is nice to see a product like Levanta's concentrate
solely on Linux, this might also be impractical for many
enterprise server admins, as few organizations run only one kind
of operating system in the server room. This shortcoming is
pointed out in a news article on the Intrepid M launch by my
colleague Denise Dubie (see story link below).

But if Linux-only is your thing - maybe you run cages of
rack-mounted Linux boxes, or even an all-Linux blade chassis -
the Intrepid M might make sense. The box starts at $7,500.

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

Levanta puts Linux management in a box
Network World, 06/20/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-levanta.html?rl

More about Levanta's Intrepid M
Network World, 06/20/05
http://www.levanta.com/product_details.php?id=1
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Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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