I second this. Puppet will load the whole file into ram, and puppet never deallocates memory. It's almost always better to move big files by putting them into a package or using an "Exec" type with "creates."
On Apr 7, 2010, at 10:21 AM, Daniel Kerwin wrote: > Not sure about a limit but puppet isn't very good at transfering > really big files. This may lead to memory problems afaik > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Seeker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, Just wondering, is there a limit on the file size that you can >> transfer with PUPPET. >> >> Thank you all >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Daniel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
