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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: File encoding for files ported between Mac and
Windows?
> more parallel building = faster builds
Not always. If your builds are I/O bound (which,
when using a file server, they are) then it doesn't help that much. I
observe build times about 50% longer using 1 parallel build task versus 2
(on a dual-core Intel CPU). Not crashing my Mac more than makes up for
this. I find Activity Monitor useful for monitoring the efficiency of the
build process - observing the CPU usage tells you how I/O bound you are. I
get around 35% with my current setup, whereas I get 100% on a local file system
(with 2 parallel build tasks, both cores fully utilised).
> Why not give it [an intermediate *nix server} a try anyways, save a
buck or two?
Don't have / don't want (no other use for, too many boxes
/ cables / kWH already). I might try the Windows
AFP server route sometime though. If it is any good I will post my
findings back here (probably in a new thread). But it annoys me that they
charge hundreds of dollars for a single-server package. A piece of
software like that shouldn't cost that much.
Paul Sanders
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