Ethan Quach wrote: > > > Sundar Yamunachari wrote: >> Ethan Quach wrote: >>> >>> >>> Dave Miner wrote: >>>> Virginia Wray wrote: >>>>> Hi - >>>>> >>>>> Here is and initial draft of a problem statement for the derived >>>>> profiles project. >>>>> >>>>> "To provide a scalable mechanism that safely deploys a custom >>>>> configuration to a client." >>>>> >>>> >>>> Seems too general, in that the current capabilities in AI could be >>>> construed to solve it. >>> >>> The current capabilities in AI aren't scalable though, in that if >>> you want 500 different >>> custom configurations, you have to upload 500 different manifests >>> into install service(s) >>> on the server and maintain them all separately. >>> >> I agree with you that it is not scalable for large number of clients >> but the current mechanism is static. If the custom configuration >> depends on some external source, does the problem statement cover >> that case? > > Can you clarify what do you mean by "some external source"? External > to the server, > or external to the client? It is external to the client. The client may be asked to look at some file to determine what needs to be installed on the client.
- Sundar > > > thanks, > -ethan > >> >> - Sundar >>> >>> -ethan >>> >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>
