<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Our main stress is not the imaging part,
I've accepted that it will be slower b/c file copy instead of block copy
for the configuration and not being multi-cast. I have three main
servers for imaging reasons. The JSS is Intel 8-core, w/8GB RAM,
3 drive Hardware RAID. The NetBoot server is G5 w.8GB RAM and the
Master file share is Intel 8-core/8GB RAM, attached to Promise RAID.
So we've divieded up the load for imaging to 3 servers, all Gigibit with
client on 100MB. (How much is a 48-port gigiabit Cisco switch!?!?!?!?!)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We notice that imaging a couple
computers takes about the same amount of time as a bunch. Most we
have done is about 20 at a time. The AFP filecopy is limited and
the servers never top out. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Not sure if that helps, I'm curious
to see if we put the Master fileshare on a Windows box with ExtremeZ-IP
(AFP) or SMB if the performance would increase. . . </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-Nathaniel</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Verdana">You do also have to keep in mind the client
end, what its specs are, and what type of network it is attached to.<br>
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You have roughly the same setup as me, I just have more RAM really. I don’t
serve AFP from my Xserve I actually have SMB from our primary file storage
for imaging Win as well as Mac on a Windows server attached to some SAN.<br>
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I wonder what Thomas Larkin does, he has a decent sized deployment, and
so does Nathaniel, but perhaps they are more distributed.<br>
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Craig E<br>
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On 9/10/08 5:34 AM, "Criss Myers" <</font><a href=cmyers@uclan.ac.uk><font size=2 color=blue face="Verdana"><u>cmyers@uclan.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Verdana">>
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">Hi ALL,</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">As you people seem to have many
more servers and clients than me I thought you'd be good people to ask
about performance.</font><font size=2 face="Verdana"> <br>
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">I have 145 clients, being increased
by 83.</font><font size=2 face="Verdana"> <br>
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">I have 1 XServe Quad core 2 x
2.8 with 2gb of ram and bonded Ethernet ports</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">All clients and servers running
10.5.4 and casper 6.01</font><font size=2 face="Verdana"> <br>
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">I am using AFP for my distribution
port and each mac is getting a total install of about 60gb (final cut studio)</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">I am currently imaging 100 macs
and the server is running at 90% cpu and 100% ram and with a throughput
of mac 54MB/sec</font><font size=2 face="Verdana"> <br>
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">A) is this what i should expect?
or is my setup not performing well?</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">B) what kind of setup do you
people have to deploy how many macs and how big a deployment size?</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">C) any advice on how to improve
my set, more ram, fibre cards, drive setups, more servers?</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">Regards</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 face="Lucida Grande">Criss</font><font size=2 face="Verdana">
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