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Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05 - how to proceed?

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Fri, 23 October 2009 16:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05 - how to proceed?
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On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Thomas Narten wrote:
Well, I wasn't all that clear in my first note either! I'm really
hoping for the same. I'd be happy to support load balancing, but only
if was a real requirement coming from the folk who are using netboot
and have experience with it. Otherwise, I'd prefer that we keep things
simple.

I may be speaking out of turn here, but I think that the fact that this draft explicitly recommends http over tftp for downloading the boot file will solve a lot of the load problems that exist with the current DHCP/tftp boot mechanism in DHCPv4.   As I understand it, the primary problem with netbooting in IPv4 is that tftp is such a low-performance solution (due to the lock-step nature of the protocol), not that tftp boot servers get overloaded during power events.

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