That is great information Roland Here's a quick question. I know that the ConfigMgr support docs say BC only. My guess is that this was stated purely on the basis that in a pure CM environment it would be more desirable to have a DP of some sort.
That said I don't see anything which precludes the use of HC mode in a CM environment. Is that your tale too? On 24 Sep 2013, at 23:18, "Roland Janus" <[email protected]> wrote: > - the first client calculates the hash, the 2nd client downloads > into the cache (the first doesn’t!). The first finally could use the 2nd > client (I’ve tested that to death). > > The third of course here > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Roland Janus > Sent: Dienstag, 24. September 2013 23:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [mssms] Branch Cache > > Usually you would use distributed cache, otherwise you may use a DP anyway… > To consider: > > - Every client in a subnet will download the content again, they > don’t share across subnets > - It works best if there aren’t many subnets at a location and of > course a client only provides content if it downloaded itself and is still > available to others > - We use site GPOs to enable/disable branchcache on clients. If you > can, look into that. > - It will always prefer BC over a local DP, it is slower. > - I’m not in favor of enabling it like for everyone on large sites, > that’s why it is not enabled when there is a local DP (using the GPO) > - You might have issues with clients with small disks. > > Don’t expect too much about. It is not a DP or Nomad or OneSite. Not even > close. But for smaller sites: It is free… > > With 2012 it is supposed to be better, but with 2008: > - the first client calculates the hash, the 2nd client downloads > into the cache (the first doesn’t!). The first finally could use the 2nd > client (I’ve tested that to death). > - With every reboot of the server the hash was gone and it started > from scratch… Yeah, really. > > > -Roland > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell > Sent: Dienstag, 24. September 2013 22:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mssms] Branch Cache > > theoretically it would be possible to use a DCM rule to enable and disable > branch cache on machines as they went to and left a particular site? > > What would the affect be of turning it on at a small site then the laptop > goes to a larger site? any idea? > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Trevor Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Right here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831696.aspx > > It’s ridiculously easy to get set up. A couple PowerShell commands, and > you’re good to go. > > Cheers, > Trevor Sullivan > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 2:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mssms] Branch Cache > > I am unable to locate a good doc for branch cache GPO for CM12. Does anyone > have a link to a good doc? > > /Todd > > This is so clients can share content on the same subnet. > > > > > >
