On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:34:25 +0200
David Schmitt wrote:

Hi David,

> Compiling the manifest is the single most resource-intensive
> operation the puppetmaster has to do. 
Yep, I noticed that.

> Therefore it is not recommended to have all clients hit the server at
> the same time. 
I know, but we're trying to see if we can use puppet for immediate
changes (I know puppet is not designed for that, for we'd like to test
it).

> A more realistic measurement would be to use splay and
> see how far you can reduce the runinterval. That way you can spread
> out the load and still get fast turn-around times.
I do use splay.

 
> For maximum performance you want to avoid any file-server operations 
> (file.source with puppet://, filebucket to server}, 
I was thinking on implement an rsync in same puppet server and do a
rsync Exec...

> set the  catalog_format to marshal on the client, 
what diff are there between marshal and yaml? I mean, do I lose
information? reports ?

> don't use reports,
Wow... I use Gridview and we really like it... but maybe we could live
without it and adding some nagios sensors.

> don't use storeconfigs and use the most recent available version of
> puppet (0.24.8 or even the 0.25 beta).
I'm on 0.24.8.

Any tips on coding?

> Regards, DavidS
Many thanks for your reply David.

Cheers,
Arnau

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