On 05/13/09 12:29, Sundar Yamunachari wrote: > 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. I am still unclear. Are you asking if the mechanism is extensible ?
-Sanjay > > - 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 >>> > > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
