Re: [CentOS] anyone doing automatic yum updates via yum-updatesd on production servers?

On 01/18/2012 08:05 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:

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I would like to expand on this a little. Once you get a certain number of machine it probably makes sense to have your own internal mirror.

Is there any particular approximate number of machines you'd say this would apply to?

based on personal experience, I'd say that number was at the '9' mark. Once you go double digit, and you have those many machines in one location, a local repo is the way to go. Perhaps then with one of them ( either a machine or a VM instance ) doing auto nightly updates, and running a test to make sure all is still well and sending out a small email to the admin with a OK or 'Trouble found in updates'