Puppet users - May 2013 - Example of a working runinterval + splay configuration?

I have a substantial number of Windows hosts running puppet 3.1.1 with the 
following in their puppet.conf:

runinterval = 1800
> splay = true
> splaylimit = 900

However in checking puppet logs, I''m finding that these hosts are
dialing
in at 30 minute intervals +/- 5-10 seconds.  Can someone provide me an 
example puppet.conf that is properly implementing the splay feature on a 
similar environment (windows, Puppet 3.1.1)?

Thanks in advance.  I''ve searched quite a bit on this and not found 
anything that completely explains how to make use of splay to ensure agents 
don''t all dial in at the same time.  I sometimes launch 20+ systems at
a
time, and staggering the launch is not an option -- I need to figure out 
how to get Puppet to vary the dial in.  When 100 hosts all dial in at the 
same time, it absolutely crushes the masters.  

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Oops nevermind.  The host I sampled in the logs still was running the 
2.7.18 Puppet client.  I re-checked a host running 3.1.1 and it does appear 
to be varying it''s runs somewhat.  Need to retire all those puppet 2.7 
hosts!

On Friday, May 24, 2013 9:47:49 AM UTC-4, Michael O''Dea
wrote:
>
> I have a substantial number of Windows hosts running puppet 3.1.1 with the 
> following in their puppet.conf:
>
> runinterval = 1800
>> splay = true
>> splaylimit = 900
>
>
> However in checking puppet logs, I''m finding that these hosts are
dialing
> in at 30 minute intervals +/- 5-10 seconds.  Can someone provide me an 
> example puppet.conf that is properly implementing the splay feature on a 
> similar environment (windows, Puppet 3.1.1)?
>
> Thanks in advance.  I''ve searched quite a bit on this and not
found
> anything that completely explains how to make use of splay to ensure agents
> don''t all dial in at the same time.  I sometimes launch 20+
systems at a
> time, and staggering the launch is not an option -- I need to figure out 
> how to get Puppet to vary the dial in.  When 100 hosts all dial in at the 
> same time, it absolutely crushes the masters.  
>
>
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