On November 13 I presented these slides (more or less) at NYCBSDCon 2010 (Cooper Union, NYC). They cover the concepts involved in managing a collection of machines, and give a few examples of the techniques we've used in production at my current employer.

DownloadNotes
LDAP SlidesPresentation slides for the LDAP portion of the talk.
As the attendees have probably noticed the LDAP portion of this talk got "compressed" — These slides present a more complete overview than the condensed presentaiton.
Example LDAP directory (LDIF export)This LDIF file is a companion to the LDAP slides -- It matches the directory I briefly showed during the talk. It can also serve as a template for deploying your own directory.
radmind Slides
radmind Scripts

These scripts will eventually appear (in a somewhat more refined form) on github -- email me for more details.