Re: SMSPKG$ and .PCK files

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From: Shehzad Khoja [MSFT] (srkhoja_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:31:56 -0800

hmmm Lars is correct that you shouldn't delete those files. However, "
update of the DP will fail." is not accurate.
If compressed file is not there then complete package will be resend. So its
not really a failure point but it is not minimize a hit on your network
bandwidth utilization.

In case of msi, as Mark pointed out, that they are already compressed, delta
replication will not be much useful. In that case, we recommend using Admin
shares. So now, only files that have changed will be replicated instead of
complete msi.

Hope this helps. 

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"Lars Norman Søndergaard" <lns@globeteam.com> wrote in message 
news:OWwf21E5EHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Mark,
>
> You shouldn't delete them, since whenever the package is updated at the 
> primary site only the delta is sent, if you do not have the original 
> package the update of the DP will fail.
>
> -- 
> Lars Norman Søndergaard
> Consultant - Globeteam A/S
> "Mark K" <MarkK@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i en meddelelse 
> news:AEF9E653-0A97-4204-BD93-46CB0949CB57@microsoft.com...
>>I am installing SMS 2003 w/SP1 at our site and trying to size servers 
>>storage
>> correctly.  I beleive .PCK files are created when packages are created 
>> and
>> the source files are compressed and sent to child sites to uncompress and
>> copy the source files to the DPs.  After the packages reach the DP are 
>> these
>> files needed or can they be deleted?  Since msi files are already pretty 
>> much
>> compressed the file size are comparable, so if the site server also is a 
>> DP,
>> twice the space may be required to house files.  Thanks
>
>

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