Difference between revisions of "Active Directory/Documentation/WDS/Performance"
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| + | *One image, one client: ? MB/min | ||
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==Multicast Transfers== | ==Multicast Transfers== | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 10 July 2009
WDS utilizes network and server hardware in many configuration-dependent ways. This page attempts to document some of those configuration scenarios and what kind of performance users can expect.
PXE
Unicast Transfers
Unicast is a network term referring to transfers that are processed by exactly one computer. At present, all WDS imaging activities are performed in this way.
- One image, one client: ? MB/min
- One image, two clients: ? MB/min/client
- One image, 31 clients: ? MB/min/client
Multicast Transfers
Multicast is a network term referring to transfers that are processed by one or more computers. Multicasting is generally used when imaging computer labs. At present, WDS multicasting is disabled by the campus network authority, ComTech, so no performance measurements can be taken.
Performance Tests
There have been numerous informal performance tests of the WDS service. Formal tests have been listed below:
- 7/10/2009, Sullivan Lab, 31 computers
- 7/17/2009, (planned)