I've had a strange issue with something at work which up until recently hasn't really bothered me but I am now in the position of having to image 80+ Macs.
I have a pre-configured image, including applications, accounts, settings, even new user templates which is setup so a new temp user can come in and start work straight away. I use a Mac Pro server to image the machines using NetRestore, via the NetInstall function of Mac OS X Server. This goes over a full gigabit network and generally works. What I cannot work out is why it images as slow as it does.
Checking the network section of Activity Monitor on the server shows it fluctuating from 30MB/s to 30KB/s when I am imaging just one iMac (it goes to a steading 120-140MB/s when doing multiple Macs).
However, I have a similar setup in another room at work which images 3-5x as quick, it'll always pull a steady 70-80MB/s for single image. Strangely, that server is a lower spec than the Mac Pro :/ I've tried numerous different setups, different hard drives, fresh installs etc. And setup the Mac Pro exactly the same as the other server.
Anyone else had some experience with this and can suggest a solution?
Current server: Mac Pro Mid 2012, 2x 2.4GHz 6-Core Xeon, 32GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB OS HDD, 3x 1TB additional HDD. Running OS X 10.9.3 with Server app.
Server that performs better: Mac mini 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 6GB RAM, 2x 500GB 7200rpm drives.
I have a pre-configured image, including applications, accounts, settings, even new user templates which is setup so a new temp user can come in and start work straight away. I use a Mac Pro server to image the machines using NetRestore, via the NetInstall function of Mac OS X Server. This goes over a full gigabit network and generally works. What I cannot work out is why it images as slow as it does.
Checking the network section of Activity Monitor on the server shows it fluctuating from 30MB/s to 30KB/s when I am imaging just one iMac (it goes to a steading 120-140MB/s when doing multiple Macs).
However, I have a similar setup in another room at work which images 3-5x as quick, it'll always pull a steady 70-80MB/s for single image. Strangely, that server is a lower spec than the Mac Pro :/ I've tried numerous different setups, different hard drives, fresh installs etc. And setup the Mac Pro exactly the same as the other server.
Anyone else had some experience with this and can suggest a solution?
Current server: Mac Pro Mid 2012, 2x 2.4GHz 6-Core Xeon, 32GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB OS HDD, 3x 1TB additional HDD. Running OS X 10.9.3 with Server app.
Server that performs better: Mac mini 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 6GB RAM, 2x 500GB 7200rpm drives.
