Sanjay Nadkarni wrote: > 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 ? I am more concerned about the dynamic aspect of the mechanism rather than extensibility. Based on the client characteristics and some other data, will the client configuration is created to be used for installation?
- Sundar > > -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 >
