[syslinux] Re: syslinux] tftp-hpa versus atftpd

[R P Herrold]

> syslinux-bounces at zytor.com wrote on 05/27/2004 07:39:06 PM:
> 
> > I'm interested to find out how many people are running tftp-hpa 
> > versus atftpd. 
> >   I'm almost a bit surprised in how many people seem to be using 
> > tftp-hpa; for 
> > modern Unix systems (including Linux), I would in general assume atftpd 
> to be 
> > a better choice.

I have used both heavily -- I find the ability to 'dial up'
logging in atftp most useful in debugging where a tftp
conversation is falling apart (along with tcpdump), and prefer
atftp for production use, running a couple hundred tftp
booting workstations on it.

Atftp does seem sensitive to the 'thundering herd' failure 
mode when under high initial simultaneous load.  I have not 
been sufficiently troubled to do side by side testing to 
isolate the root cause (I also suspect xinetd may be in play)

-- Russ Herrold