net-op: traffic loads as the result of patching

Fri Jan 6 17:03:33 UTC 2006

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hmm..I thought (correct me if I wrong) wsus followed a mirror
(distributed) model say if a group of servers were pegged the update
process would provide remote clients access to the closet and min
latency host(s) in order to distribute the load prevent bandwidth
saturation.

regards,
/virendra

Elijah Savage wrote:
> Sean Donelan wrote:
> 
>>So, maybe an operational question.
>>
>>What are people seeing as far as network traffic loads due to WMF patching
>>activity, e.g. auto-update and manual downloads?  Microsoft has used
>>several CDNs in addition to its own servers to distribute the load
>>in the past.
> 
> WSUS servers are being pounded right now. Usually 5 to 7% CPU now 72%
> 
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