Brad, > How are we going to spread the distcc load? According to > distcc, it just hammers on machines in whatever order.
Nick Rout suggested using balance http://balance.sourceforge.net. That way all the client machines just need DISTCC_HOSTS="localhost <ip of balance server>" instead of the huge list of addresses of all the volunteer machines. > Does the OSTC have a whiteboard? I'd suggest that we write > the distingushing part of the IP address of the helper > machines, what their specs are & a "current load" estimate ie. > Spec IP load > 2Gh P4 .17 10 Yes we have a whiteboard. We will probably do that. > For ease, don't include the installing machines - they'll be > busy enough :) True. > That way people can re-arrange their DISTCC_HOSTS for best effect. > > Brad
