Run a Linux Server Farm for Nix

"One great thing about Linux is its rock-solid nature even when you load it up with as many daemons and services as you like. Yet, often 'best practice' dictates you separate out some apps across a couple of servers or at the very least provide a safe development environment which is distinct from your production environment.

"Or you might be about to make a serious change in your environment and need a safe way of making a complete backup with instantaneous restore if need be..."

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