Precisely If you are having to justify rolling out servers to remote locations for no other reason than hosting SCCM content then you may well wish to look at something which allows you to use the disk space that you already have in that location and is presently going unused in place of the DP(s). If you do then you have the choice of Branchcache for free which will necessitate losing some service or Adaptiva which won't but will cost you some money. Other providers are available
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:43:55 -0500 Subject: Re: [mssms] Distribution Points To: [email protected] I think its more for management. There was a server consolidation last year and with the advent of SCCM 2012 they just need the justification for additional servers for DP's.... On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Jason Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: I would work on the basis of what service are they willing to give up in which sites. This will start off with having to sacrifice PXE and SMP roles if there is no server class device in the site. This will likely be a cutoff point for whether a DP is needed in that site. Given this formula you will likely find that you need to have a DP well before 100 clients Remember however that servers tend to require more management than clients and you may find that you choose to speak to one of the companies that specialises in providing service to smaller, hard to reach offices From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] Distribution Points Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:18:07 +0000 You could use BITS to throttle DPs. Also take a look at this (echo’s Trevors feedback): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712321.aspx#BKMK_DistributionPointInfrastructure Consider the following to help you determine the appropriate number of distribution points to install at a site: The number of clients that might access the distribution point The configuration of the distribution point, such as PXE and multicast The network bandwidth that is available between clients and distribution points The size of the content that clients retrieve from the distribution point The setting for BranchCache that when it is enabled, lets clients at remote locations obtain content from local clients From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Wallace Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] Distribution Points There IS no magic formula! Simples If you are doing OSD then bear in mind that you will be restricted in what you can / cannot do relative to the larger sites. If you want a "full service" site down in the tiny offices then you will likely want to speak to Adaptiva If you are happy that OSD is going to be something which you work around then you could certainly use BranchCache in many sites in order to control bandwidth. Your figure of 100 clients, for standard software distribution should be OK From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:03:42 -0500 Subject: Re: [mssms] Distribution Points To: [email protected] · How many users are at that location? Varies 5 -1000 · How large are the packages you’ll be distributing? Normal packages office..etc · Will you be performing OS deployments at that location? Yes · How large is the network pipe to the location? varies 512k - 1GB There are about 200 locations in that region reporting back to the PS and I recommended any place over 100 clients would require a DP. They want to see a magic formula... On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Trevor Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, You need to evaluate the answers to the following questions, among others: · How many users are at that location? · How large are the packages you’ll be distributing? · Will you be performing OS deployments at that location? · How large is the network pipe to the location? Cheers, Trevor Sullivan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sccmadmin341 Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Distribution Points Is there a recommend formula available when choosing whether or not to use a DP for a particular location?
