Re: Distributed Building guidelines/benchmarks?
Re: Distributed Building guidelines/benchmarks?
- Subject: Re: Distributed Building guidelines/benchmarks?
- From: Scott Tooker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 19:29:15 -0800
You'll want to have the faster machine actually do the distributed
building. So in your case host the project on the G4 and turn on
distributed builds on the G5.
Scott
On Nov 9, 2003, at 5:26 PM, Ricky Sharp wrote:
> On Nov 9, 2003, at 5:49 PM, Scott Tooker wrote:
>
>> You are remembering correctly. With the standard 802.11b network you
>> lose because of the slow networking speeds. To really get the best
>> performance out of distributed builds, you need to minimize the cost
>> of
>> transferring the files and our tests show that this occurs at 100mbps
>> (Gigabit ethernet could be even better depending on the network
>> traffic).
>
> I'll soon have my Ethernet cable delivered so will be able to report
> some timings. For me, my primary machine will be a dual 2 GHz G5 and
> my secondary machine will be a dual 500 MHz G4. Fortunately, both
> machines sport Gigabit Ethernet and I will be able to use a normal
> cable (didn't need a crossover type since the machines I have can do
> the auto-sensing/switching as needed). I ordered a Belkin FastCAT 5e
> cable.
>
> I'm really curious to know what the G4 will do with the data it gets
> in terms of just keeping it in RAM or using the hard drive. The hard
> drive is not that speedy on the G4.
>
> I'll also experiment with using the G4 as the primary machine and see
> if there's any difference.
>
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