Ryujin wrote: Thanks! Yes we have been using Arch for a medium sized cloud for a while now with Salt (http://saltstack.org) and Arch has been a dream to work with, but we need something smoother for repo updates, enter the ARM!

Sweet setup- I imagine Arch might work well if the apps you need are built on a relatively stable base. I think Kumyco is the one youd want to email.

Also, and you may already know this, but have you heard of Xyne's Pacserve? Im not exactly sure the setup you have there (LAN being controlled via Salt, or are you ssh'd in for maintenance?), but Pacserve allows you to save bandwidth by checking one server for packages (even a local one)- good for 50 Arch boxes on a LAN that need to update- instead of each having to pull from a mirror, Pacserve allows you to only download that once. You may already have your own solution in place, but I thought id mention it. Link is here:

http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/pacserve/