From 0a04b47b38e185463fb200ee7a11cf44500029e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Chris St. Pierre" Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:24:54 -0400 Subject: doc: updated pros/cons for builtin yum libraries --- doc/server/plugins/generators/packages.txt | 13 +++++++------ 1 file 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 -------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22