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Relevant post on StackOverflow here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3711435/what-is-the-experience-with-google-omaha-their-auto-update-engine-for-chrome htt
by damian2000 13y ago
Relevant post on StackOverflow here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3711435/what-is-the-experience-with-google-omaha-their-auto-update-engine-for-chrome http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3711435/what-is-the-exper...
- sillysaurus3 13y agoPretty awesome: "Now, a year later, do you have any updates to share regarding your experience with Omaha?" "The update system is still running well with no required maintenance for the past year. The server gets almost a request a second at peak times... Omaha checks for updates every 5 hours. If the version that the client has doesn't match what is published it sends a URL (hosted by Rackspace) of the updater. Omaha downloads, verifies, and runs the updater." So, there's an upfront initial time investment to get it running, and then you don't have to touch it and it still works a year later.
- rbanffy 13y ago> If the version that the client has doesn't match what is published it sends a URL (hosted by Rackspace) of the updater I am not sure it's a good idea to let a third party know what versions of what you have installed on your machine.