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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt index cdc4f7282..31f3ccf22 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt @@ -490,17 +490,18 @@ Benefits to this include: * Much lower memory usage by the ``bcfg2-server`` process. * Much faster ``Packages.Refresh`` behavior. * More accurate dependency resolution. +* Better use of multiple processors/cores. Drawbacks include: -* More disk I/O. In some cases, you may have to raise the open file +* Resolution of package dependencies is slower and more + resource-intensive. At times it can be much slower, particularly + after running ``Packages.Refresh``. +* More disk I/O. This can be alleviated by putting + ``/var/lib/bcfg2/Packages/cache`` on tmpfs, but that offsets the + lower memory usage. In some cases, you may have to raise the open file limit for the user who runs your Bcfg2 server process, particularly if you have a lot of repositories. -* Resolution of package dependencies is slower in some cases, - particularly after running ``Packages.Refresh``. -* If you have a very large number of clients using a very small number - of repositories, using native yum libraries may actually increase - memory usage. Configuring the Yum Helper -------------------------- |