Hi Michael!
You wrote:
> On Donnerstag, 2. März 2006 07:05 Duncan Findlay wrote:
> > - Use -j2 since you have 2 processors... might as well use them.
>
> Wouldn't it be even faster with -j3 or -j4? I know it doesn't help for
> the CPU calculating stuff, but it helps satisfying the CPU when one
> process waits for network I/O, during which it can then run another
> calculating thingy. When running only local tests, -j2 is of course the
> best choice. But that should be *very* much depending on the setup, of
> course, but it may be worth a try.
Yes, for net tests -j can be much higher, if you have the memory to
spare. I use -j12 for the weekly net runs, on a single processor, which
really helps a lot.
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