[chef] System configuration tool comparison

[Bart Vanbrabant < >]

Hi,

Since there are a lot of system configuration tools (both commercial 
and open-source), it is difficult to know what tool if right for you. 
Therefore, we developed a framework that you can use to compare system 
configuration tools. This framework, together with a set of 11 tools 
that are evaluated using this framework will be published in a paper 
and presented at the LISA'10 conference (http://www.usenix.org/events/ ;
lisa10).

Since Chef is a well known tool within the system administration 
community, we included it in our comparison. We also set up a website 
that accompanies the paper. On this website, you will find the full 
evaluation of Chef at http://sysconfigtools.cer-wiki.info/tool/chef
My question to you: if you want to help us making this website and our 
paper better, please review Chef (or other tools you are familiar 
with) and provide us with comments, either by email or using the 
comment-facility on the website. 

The website URL is temporary, we are going to migrate this website a 
'official' university URL. You will see that for each tool, there 
exist a large number of properties that are evaluated. Clicking on 
these properties gives you an overlay with more information about that 
property. 

Note that the deadline for the paper submission is the 24th of august. 
Comments that might trigger chances in the paper should be received 
before that date. We are going to maintain this website, so comments 
are also welcome after the 24th of august. 

Thank you very much in advance 

Kind Regards 

--
Bart Vanbrabant 
Doctoral Researcher 
DistriNet, dept. Computer Science, K.U.Leuven Belgium 

Thomas Delaet 
Post-doctoral Researcher 
DistriNet, dept. Computer Science, K.U.Leuven Belgium





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