I have a number of sites over a T1 (or greater) and I have not heard any complaints about WSUS killing bandwidth. I thought BITS was supposed to work during "idle" time, but from your experience I might be mistaken. If you use Microsoft Configuration Manager you have more control. Some on the SCCM list suggest IIS throttling is the way to go instead of BITS. I'm just getting into it, but here's some detail: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/03/18/iis-7-0-bit-rate-throttling-module-released.aspx Some interesting info here as well: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/updatemanagement/bb245853.aspx I use SCCM but really I find WSUS just easier to use. SCCM provides granularity but it takes time to configure the monthly patches. Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528
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