Re: iPhone updates and required bandwidth

[Greg Whynott <Greg.Whynott () oicr on ca>]

sorry Joe if i wasn't clear,  what i was trying to say is I know there is a solution to address the bandwidth issue 
caused by updates for OS X machines,   I am unsure if they have a similar solution for their hand held devices.    I am 
assuming they do or soon will.   I'm on the road right now,  when I return to the office I'll take a look at the OS X 
update server and see if there is any provisions for the iPhones and friends.  

perhaps a squid caching server in-between the device network and internet?    back in the day this is how i mitigated 
other many to one client update issues.

-g




On Aug 18, 2010, at 3:07 PM, JoeSox wrote:

> Interesting.
> Do you have to configure the iPhone devices or just use its standard settings?
>
> --
> Thanks, Joe
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Greg Whynott <Greg.Whynott () oicr on ca> wrote:
> > I set up an OS X server which hosts updates for the rest of the company,  so the OS X client machines poll/pull 
> > updates from the internal machine as opposed to 100 of them pulling the same updates over the internet.  saves 
> > bucket loads of bandwidth and  you can "pre ok" individual packages,  so the client just updates without prompting.  
> >  I'm not sure but I suspect they might have something which allows their other devices to poll this same source.  it 
> > would seem reasonable anyway..
> >
> > probably not a very useful answer but there it is.  8)
> >
> >
> > -g
> >
> >
> > On Aug 18, 2010, at 2:54 PM, JoeSox wrote:
> >
> > > Am I the only one that gets ticked off at the Apple iPhone update
> > > procedure and the amount of bandwidth it needs?
> > > Is there any secret I am missing to cut down on the required bandwidth
> > > needed for it (caching the update somewhere etc)?  I don't own an
> > > iPhone (DroidX user here) and am unfamiliar with the update, all I
> > > know is it uses tons of BW.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks, Joe