<tt><font size=2>> [wpkg-users] Bandwidth Limiting</font></tt>
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> When a new update comes out we need some method of <br>
> limiting the bandwidth of the transfer to those computers, so it <br>
> won’t slow the entire network down. </font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>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.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>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). </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>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.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>If you don't like your users waiting longer than necessary,
I'd suggest the first solution (concurrent user limit) instead of bandwith
throttling.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Best Regards</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> Heiko</font></tt>