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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

>> Guix is a functional package manager that can be installed on any
>> GNU/Linux distribution, and offers a declarative operating system
>> interface.  Ganeti is an API-driven clustered virtual machine manager
>> with strong consistency guarantees.  Together they form a very powerful
>> abstraction for building infrastructure with code.
>
> I think you should write a blog article about the use cases and how this
> fits together, for someone not familiar with Ganeti (like me!) or with
> Guix.

Oh yes, this sounds like a good idea.  I=E2=80=99d love to read more about
this.

I=E2=80=99m not familiar with Ganeti, but it looks like it would simplify o=
ur
complicated VM management setup that cobbles together DRBD, libvirt,
etc.

Thanks for sharing!

--
Ricardo