On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 03:02:45PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > [ Note CC: and Reply-To: to d-project ] > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 03:25:03PM +0200, Mattias Wadenstein wrote: > >On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Colin Watson wrote: > >> > >Ok, so do we have a better idea of a good machine to use for CD builds? Or > >should we just keep on using gluck, despite it being rather slow? > > Gluck currently looks to be too slow to be at all useful; see Manty's > earlier mail. The easiest way to get CD/DVD builds done may be to move > them off to separate machine(s) altogether. > What do you need - is a P4 1.6GHz with about 200G of disk enough. Connectivity is 512 up / 3M download (I think) and, in a separate message to stevem, I've asked how to set up a full Debian mirror.
Machine is one of mine housed at home: can be on 365*24*7 if need be. > To do builds in an acceptable time needs a reasonable-spec machine, > ideally with fast disks. Disk performance falls through the floor as > more people start using the same spindles, so we're much better off if > we can get a dedicated machine or, failing that, a dedicated set of > disks for the mirror and build space. > HTH, Andy > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out > whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are > forecast." > Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html
