I get the impression that configuring BranchCache is quick and easy. I just
want to make sure I have my thoughts on this straight.
I have a CAS and 2 Primaries, SCCM 2012 R2. Other than that I have
Distribution Points. Each Primary is a different site code of course. Each
site has a DP that is set to Allow Fallback. It is these DP's that I want
to be the root of BranchCache for each site. Both of these DP's are Server
2012 R2. These 2 DP's are the same in terms of packages. Each has all
packages created. Since they are set to allow fallback, all computers from
both sites can use each one. All clients are Win 7 Pro.
I have checked the box to Allow BranchCache on both DP's and BC is now
installed on both servers via SCCM. I am OK using the SCCM BITS settings.
I already have the daytime BITS throttled to 2MB.
1. I am thinking that all I need to do now on the servers is set both to
have the same server secret phrase so all computers can continue to use
both servers in BC.
2. For the Win7 Pro environment, all I need to do create GP the following 3
settings;
a. Turn on BranchCache = enabled
b. Set BranchCache Distributed Cache mode - enabled
c. Not Needed but; Set percentage of disk space for client computer
cache = enabled set to 50
3. I could use HashiBashi to preset all the hashes. Do I just run it once
for each main DP folder, SCCMContentLib, SMSPKGD$, and SMSSIG$?
4. Additionally I could set the MinContentLength to 4k. Does this have to
be set on every computer or just the servers?
Dave
