Fanout or MultiTier Deployment

Hi at present we use a Fanout Deployment for transfering the files from our base (TS) server to the 3 receiver.

I wanted to know that if we use the MultiTier Deployment instead of Fanout Deployment, then would there be any reduction in the CPU Utilization of our TS Server.

Prem Pratick.

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Adam Stoller

Hi at present we use a Fanout Deployment for transfering the files from our base (TS) server to the 3 receiver.

I wanted to know that if we use the MultiTier Deployment instead of Fanout Deployment, then would there be any reduction in the CPU Utilization of our TS Server.

Prem Pratick.

Muli-tier only makes sense if you are deploying through other base servers.

i.e. if you have:

[BS]->[Rcvr1]
    ->[Rcvr2]
    ->[Rcvr3]

You do not have a scenario for performing multi-tier deployments. However, if you have:

[BS1]->[BS2]
     ->[Rcvr1]
     ->[Rcvr2]

you have the option of doing it like:

[BS1]->[BS2]
       [BS2]->[Rcvr1]
            ->[Rcvr2]

This might reduce the amount of CPU used on BS1, but in general, until you're talking about large amounts of deployment "legs" and/or large amounts of comparisons taking place, I don't think you'll see anything too significant - though your milage may certainly vary.

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nipper

Muli-tier only makes sense if you are deploying through other base servers.
This might reduce the amount of CPU used on BS1, but in general, until you're talking about large amounts of deployment "legs" and/or large amounts of comparisons taking place, I don't think you'll see anything too significant - though your milage may certainly vary.

Also keep in mind this is a different license for OpenDeploy, so it may require the purchase of additional OpenDeploy servers.

One thing you did not mention is the proximity of the servers. If the 3 servers are located from the TS server and close to each other, this is a good use of the fanout deployments.

HTH

Andy

prem_pratick

Hi ,

Thanks for the reply ,

With our client there is no problem for buying license ...

The servers are located near by .

But i was thinking that if we use Multi Tier mode to deploy the assets , then the performance would increase on the TS Server .

Pls confirm the same .

Presently i am working on the same.

Prem

nipper

You may get a nominal increase in performance on the TS server. I would be very surprised if it was noticeable.

Adam Stoller

Hi ,

Thanks for the reply ,

With our client there is no problem for buying license ...

The servers are located near by .

But i was thinking that if we use Multi Tier mode to deploy the assets , then the performance would increase on the TS Server .

Pls confirm the same .

Presently i am working on the same.

Prem

I agree with Nipper here - the performance impact of the "small" scenario you provided is likely to be very small.

Multi-tier deployments - and their follow-on: routed-deployments - tend to make the most difference when you're dealing with lots (10's, 100's, 1000's, etc) of geographically dispersed end-nodes, and you wish to minimize the number of deployments occurring across the WAN and maximize the number of deployments occurring across the LAN.

You can read more about routed deployments in the OpenDeploy Administration Guide.