Sizing Jumpstart
[137 byte] By [thomasv21] at [2007-11-25 23:38:19] 
I need to have a jumpstart server that can scale to a dozen simultaneous jumpstart installs. How big of a server do I need?
# 1
The only thing that's slightly heavy about doing multiple simultaneous jumpstarts is the NFS traffic.
How simultaneous? Start them by hand or have them synchronized to the second. I can imagine rarpd or in.tftpd might lose a few times if it gets hit with a burst of requests at once...
I've done 20 simultaneous jumpstarts off of a Sparc 10 that was doing other things at the same time. Now it wasn't particularly *fast*, mind you at 10Mb/s, but nothing broke.
As long as the server can push NFS data out the port fast enough for you, you should be set. Even a low-end machine can be very functional here.
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Darren
Darren_Dunham at 2007-7-5 18:22:13 >
# 2
Ultra2 with two CPU's is enough.May be you need 100Mbps link. dombal at 2007-7-5 18:22:13 >
# 3
Maybe?! I'd say surely 100 Mbits! With a preference towards 1 Gbit actually... Cailin_Coilleach at 2007-7-5 18:22:13 >
# 4
1 GB on U2 may overload the CPU's than helping.You can use V210 which has 4 gigabit ports. dombal at 2007-7-5 18:22:13 >
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