Jeremy, Please see the "HOWTO Use Flamethrower for Multicast Installs" section here: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~finley/html/index.html
(Temporary page -- will go down at some point) Cheers, -Brian Thus spake Jeremy Enos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > If that's all it is, we could certainly put that checkbox in the > wizard. So how does it work? Each node comes up and waits until the next > send interval or something like that? Should we be doing anything else on > the OSCAR end to better enable this? > thx- > > Jeremy > > At 10:07 AM 7/2/2003 -0500, Brian Elliott Finley wrote: > >Also, > > > >The unicast install (rsync) can be the "default", and a little checkbox > >could be added that says "use multicast". The only difference would be > >the setting in dhcpd.conf (option option-143 "9000"; > > > >This entry could always be installed commented out, and have the docs > >tell the user to uncomment it to enable multicast. > > > >-Brian > > > > > > > >Thus spake dann frazier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:02:47PM -0500, Jeremy Enos wrote: > >> > >the rsync method is much more likely to work out of the box w/o any > >tuning. > >> > >i'd be surprised to see a majority of installations where the > >multicast > >> > >settings we have today works out of the box - it doesn't in my test > >network > >> > >here, for example. getting to that point will take some iterating. > >> > > > >> > >i always thought of oscar as trading off performance for ease of > >setup & > >> > >use. > >> > >if that's the case, then i think rsync should remain the default for > >now. > >> > > >> > Ah.. didn't realize the multicast was that much of a hit or miss > >situation > >> > right now. > >> > >> i wouldn't say that - just that it needs customization for a given > >network. > >> > >> > I'm still curious to see what devel testing would yield. In > >> > any case, we should be providing the option to TRY it with multicast > >w/o > >> > leaving the wizard. > >> > Also- There's no reason OSCAR needs to be a trade-off in performance > >with > >> > regard to most components. I understand there are exceptions of > >> > course. But if anything, OSCAR typically provides an enhancement to > >> > performance, scalability, etc. "Best known practices" is the term > >> > advertised, and also employed whenever possible. > >> > > >> > Anyway... I assume it's possible to provide a tool which toggles SIS > >> > between multicast and standard rsync? Given that, putting an option > >in the > >> > wizard will be trivial. > >> > thx- > >> > >> both can be active on at the same time. > >> > >> -- > >> --------------------------- > >> dann frazier > >> Hewlett-Packard > >> Linux and Open Source Lab > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> (970) 898-0800 > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > >> Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > >> Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > >> http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Oscar-devel mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > > >-- > >--------------------------------------------------------- > > Brian Elliott Finley Phone: 630.803.8183 > > GPG: 3FF8 D096 0E0C D3F3 29B7 6518 D20B 1931 10F8 EE52 > >--------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > >Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > >Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > >http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 > >_______________________________________________ > >Oscar-devel mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel -- --------------------------------------------------------- Brian Elliott Finley Phone: 630.803.8183 GPG: 3FF8 D096 0E0C D3F3 29B7 6518 D20B 1931 10F8 EE52 --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. 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