On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:53 AM, sjelinek<Sarah.Jelinek at sun.com> wrote: >> It seems quite slow. Comparing it to an SXCE install, it takes somewhat >> longer to install quite a lot less software - I need to get some more >> accurate data. >> > > It would be good to have concrete data about what is slower than SXCE. I > have to tell you my experience with AI, compared to SXCE has been faster > actually. A lot of it depends I suppose on the network connection you have > to the repo you are using for IPS. We have actually been doing some > performance measurements to try to isolate areas that we can perhaps speed > up.
Perhaps it would make sense to add support for bootchart[1] into the installer (AI and other), at least for development. There would be a small amount of dtrace required that could then dump an xmlish file to the installed image just as the installation finishes. This data could be post-processed with a small python program to generate a pretty graph that shows exactly where the time is spent. 1. http://alexeremin.blogspot.com/2009/01/boot-chart-with-help-of-dtrace-and.html -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/
