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| caption = Graphical boot menu of DRBL.

| developer = NCHC Free Software Labs

| released = {{initialstart releasedate|2004|4|1}}

| latest_release_version = 2.2.11<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/drbl/files/drbl_stable/|title = Diskless Remote Boot in Linux (DRBL) - Browse /Drbl_stable at SourceForge.net}}</ref>

| latest_release_date = {{releasestart date|2016|5|31}}

| operating system = [[Linux]]

| genre = Disk cloning, Disaster recovery, Network boot, PXE boot

| license = [[GNU General Public License]]

| website = [httphttps://drbl.sourceforge.net/ drbl.sourceforge.net]

}}

'''DRBL''' ('''D'''isklessDiskless '''R'''emoteRemote '''B'''ootBoot in '''L'''inuxLinux) is a [[Network File System (protocol)|NFS]]-/[[Network Information Service|NIS]] server providing a [[diskless client|diskless]] or systemless environment for client machines.

It could be used for

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All system resources reside on the local machine except storage, which resides on the DRBL server.

==System recommendations==

==Keys to a successful diskless node environment with DRBL==

The main bottleneck in a DRBL installation is between the storage on the DRBL server, and the client workstation. Fast storage on the server (RAID), and a fast network (Gigabit Ethernet), are ideal in this type of environment.

==External resources==

* [httphttps://drbl.sourceforge.netorg/ DRBL]

* [http://www.clonezilla.org/ Clonezilla]