Thread: Total Time for OSD

Well, I have now tested this deployment over a GB backbone with much faster results. I knew there would be some increase in speed but did not know how much it would actually be. Without making the registry changes or block size changes I deployed an image containing only a base OS with Office 2007. The time from the first boot to login was 20 minutes. This is workable for us now. Consider this solved. Thank you all for your help!

Hi , I wouldn't play with the block size unless you use jumbo frames on your network switches or computers ... You just need to live with the fact your image has been tripled in size and that it triples the deployment time as well . Regards , Kenny

What Kenny is comparing using the "apples to oranges" phrase is not Microsoft to Symantec, rather he is comparing the size of XP image to the size of the Win7 image. Transfering 3GB across a network, especially a slow 100MB network, takes time no matter what deployment tool you are using. Win7 images are just bigger because Win7 is bigger, there is no getting around this one and you must set your expectations based on this...

Might want to check into this also.  It will shave off a few minutes: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968718   Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\PXE Name: RamDiskTFTPBlockSize TYPE: REG_DWORD Value: <the expected block size> Haven't tested it with Sp2 and be careful setting it to high if you have older machines. Mike

Hi, Sometimes the formatting disk section would go on for greater than 30 minutes.You can choose to use "quick format" In the Task Sequence, Install Operating System -> Partition Disk -> Volume -> Edit Primary -> There is a check box for ‘Quick Format’. Also, If you are using SCCM 2007 SP1, there is a hotfix, KB955955 which you should apply, as it removes a delay between tasks, which, for long...

Definatly capture at least office in an image and deploy using that.  My current Task Sequence including USMT with 40 Gig on a users desktop took about 40 minutes the other day.  Wrapping as much as you can into an image will really increase the speed of your deployment.  I also find that the driver installations work better when you use an image. Matt

Here is a reference for Windows 2008 WDS: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731245(WS.10).aspx "We recommend that you go up in multiples (4096, 8192, 16384) and you should not set a value higher than 16384."