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
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