Re: Lifecycle question

["Stephan A. Rickauer" <stephan_(_dot_)_rickauer_(_at_)_ini_(_dot_)_phys_(_dot_)_ethz_(_dot_)_ch>]

Abraham Al-Saleh schrieb:
> > I am already in love with it, since I plan to use it as a HA-firewall
> > using carp and pfsync. Problem here is just that it looks as if I had to
> > reinstall it all year ...
>
>
> If that's the case, then you just take one down, upgrade it, bring it
> back online, take the other down, upgrade it, bring it back online. I
> fail to see the issue here. 'nuff said.

The issue is that I don't have only two firewalls but also many, many 
others plus even more ;) I am asking 'generally' and not because I don't 
have the time to update *two* machines twice a year.

Not to mention that upgrades with other OS's are even painful _with_ HA 
setup ...

As an Insitute we have limited resources in terms of personal AND money. 
Therefore, I am forced to rethink any strategy twice. Thanks to all 
comments - had been very helpful so far.

Stephan