-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Since Windows update is now proxy friendly, it is almost irrelevant.
Tek Budda wrote: > shane wrote: >> We were considering building a box... however, spikes in usage (like >> sheduled Windows <shudder> Updates) seem to swamp our current router. >> >> I thought having having some more RAM would prevent the dying at high demand >> times. >> >> I'm looking at something like: >> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps380/products_data_sheet0900a >> ecd8028a976.html >> > > > One thing you could do to eliminate some of the Windows update traffic > is to set up a WSUS server. Essentially it is a server that downloads > the updates and then you can push them from there. It allows you set > profiles and test the updates before deploying them into the wild. > > I have used it before and it seems to work relatively well...for an MS > technology. Best way to describe it is a cross between Update SErvices > & System Management Server. > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFENBCdwRXgH3rKGfMRAj4XAJ94WqGcaSb7ejJHdTzCUgw8HsE8FgCeLGSR MjY+yA2SZdyQzDpAdARLBGk= =UxIV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
