[wpkg-users] Bandwidth Limiting

[Aaron Bliss]

If you are using a samba server for your back end, the max xmit
configuration option may be what you are looking for.

Aaron

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:36 AM,  <heiko.helmle at horiba.com> wrote:
>> [wpkg-users] Bandwidth Limiting
>>
>>  When a new update comes out we need some method of
>> limiting the bandwidth of the transfer to those computers, so it
>> won’t slow the entire network down.
>
> Well it depends on how you invoke the installers. Normal operation of WPKG
> is running the installer off a windows file share. So in that case, you
> should configure the throttling in the file server. On Windows (AFAICS) you
> can at least limit the total amount of concurrent users. On Samba you can do
> some iptables magic (hashlimit perhaps) to throttle the bandwith - mind this
> works per server, not per share.
>
> Our installation downloads most installs to a temp folder and runs them
> locally. This means more install commands but I experienced many packages
> installing MUCH faster with the installer sitting on a local folder (Lotus
> Notes -> 2x improvement, oracle-client also installed in half the time).
> In this case, you can either use <download> and configure apache with a
> bandwith limit or use <install cmd='wget... > and play with the
> --limit-rate.
>
> If you don't like your users waiting longer than necessary, I'd suggest the
> first solution (concurrent user limit) instead of bandwith throttling.
>
> Best Regards
>         Heiko
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