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JAMF Software's Casper Suite for Imaging
by Criss Myers
Jul, 2009 Issue
Article Synopsis
We have previously looked at some different methods to image network Macs. In particular, Apple's NetInstall and NetBooting. These are great tools, but they rely upon a monolithic image. That is a single, very large image containing the OS, updates, software, settings, etc. Today, there is an alternative approach to this procedure, which is becoming more and more popular. The Casper Suite is a suite of software application tools, together with a web interface to a MySQL database, that offers a package-based imaging system.
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