Re: Distributed build overhead and Mac Mini vs XServe pricing
Re: Distributed build overhead and Mac Mini vs XServe pricing
- Subject: Re: Distributed build overhead and Mac Mini vs XServe pricing
- From: Mike Lazear <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:00:01 -0800
On Jan 25, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Andrew Kimpton wrote:
I ordered a single Mac Mini to do some more accurate benchmarking for
build times prior to comitting to a larger purchase. The online store
is currently quoting 3-4 weeks lead time before the machine will ship.
So it'll be some time before I can post any comparitive numbers
against my original post. If folk here have numbers they can give
sooner - it seems like there are some that'd appreciate it.
I still haven't found a solid answer to the drive speed question. I've
seen reports of 4200 RPM but also a report that the Mini uses a
Seagate Momentus mechanism which (according to Seagate) is a 5400 RPM
drive. Apple System Profiler should (I think) be definitive ?
Sorry, to give you the bad news but the drive is 4200 RPM. I got the
Mac Mini with the 80GB disk. The Apple System Profiler says the disk
is a Toshiba MK8025GAS drive. I searched the web and found it's a
4200RPM drive with an 8MB buffer.
I haven't yet been able to do any time testing since I can't get the
Mac Mini to show up in my Distributed Build list of computers. On the
Mac Mini I turned on sharing in the System Preferences. I've connected
successfully to other Macs from the Finder/Network. On the Mac Mini if
I go to the XCode Preferences I've checked the "Distribute builds to
other shared computers" and I've checked the "Share my computer for
building as a High priority". The only computer that shows in the
Distributed Build list is the Mac Mini itself.
On my PowerMac G5 in XCode Preferences I don't see the Mac Mini but I
do see an iMac G4 and an iMac G5. The distributed builds with these
computers have been working fine.
I'm not a networking expert on the Mac so I'm sure it's something dumb
that I'm doing that is keeping this from working but I'm not sure what
since I was able to set up the Distributed builds with the other
computers easily. One thing that I have noticed is the version of
Darwin is different on the Mac Mini. All of my computers are Darwin
version are 7.7.0 and the Mac mini is version 7.7.1 The GCC version is
the same everywhere.
I've rebooted the Mac Mini since setting on off the settings. Not sure
what is going on.
Mike
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