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(-) (limited to 'doc') 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 From ca6abe45ceeea410cd03dc0ecfd422ce07f352d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sol Jerome Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:39:21 -0500 Subject: doc: Remove bcfg2-admin query (moved to bcfg2-info) Signed-off-by: Sol Jerome --- doc/server/admin/query.txt | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/server/admin/query.txt (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/server/admin/query.txt b/doc/server/admin/query.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 65851a43d..000000000 --- a/doc/server/admin/query.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -.. -*- mode: rst -*- - -.. _server-admin-query: - -query -===== - -Query clients. - -The default result format is suitable for consumption by `pdsh`_. -This example queries the server for all clients in the *ubuntu* group:: - - bcfg2-admin query g=ubuntu - -.. _pdsh: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdsh/ -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22