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5.1.12 Deployment
options
You can choose the data transfer mode for the deployment. With the
Multicast transfer mode, a server sends data to a group of recipients
simultaneously. Using the Unicast transfer mode, the server sends a copy of
the data to each recipient (so it can significantly reduce the deployment
speed).
For example, you have 128 KB/sec data transfer speed and want to deploy
system on 10 target computers:
with Unicast mode, the server divides 128 KB/sec among 10
computers, therefore the data transfer speed will be 12,8 KB/sec for
each target machine
with Multicast mode, the server sends a one copy of data to a
multicast address, and each client will receive a data at 128KB/sec
speed
Figure 36. Deployment options
Acronis Snap Deploy uses Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) for
the multicasting. Therefore, all the network hardware (routers and/or
switches) must be IGMP-capable and correctly configured. The specific
information on configuring any particular router or switch is usually available
in the documentation, provided with this hardware.
If there is no IGMP-capable hardware (or you can not configure it correctly) in
the network, use the Unicast data transfer mode.
5.1.13 Deployment
Script
In the next window, you will see the deployment script containing a list of briefly
described operations to be performed.
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