Re: Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
On 9/14/06, Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know why. I'm running DNS server on old Celeron 400Mhz with 96MB RAM just fine. Why do you think you need Xeon dual core for that? Of course I don't, and won't. I was just replying to the guy that told me that I am using archaic hardware and that it makes building ruby slow. I do use a number of PIII servers (more than Xeon) and am very happy with them. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to aggravate you in any way. PIII is not archaic, but it's certainly old. Nevertheless, we've got a number of PIII boxes in production, and even some older Cyrix ones in our lab - and are quite happy with them. Old hardware is just a half of the deadly recipe. The other half is old FreeBSD. Again, we've got one dual PIII box running FreeBSD 4.7 - under very heavy load with no issues. YMMV, but I would upgrade to 6.1 or 6.2 all the same. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
On 14/09/2006 04:05, Olivier Nicole wrote: I don't know why. I'm running DNS server on old Celeron 400Mhz with 96MB RAM just fine. Why do you think you need Xeon dual core for that? Of course I don't, and won't. I was just replying to the guy that told me that I am using archaic hardware and that it makes building ruby slow. I do use a number of PIII servers (more than Xeon) and am very happy with them. OK, I'm guilty of not reading the whole thread, I apologise. (note to self: don't reply while half asleep) Just out of curiosity I tried ruby port on two machines - fast one (1.6GHz Athlon with 1GB RAM) and small one (400MHz with 96MB RAM). Fast one has no problems with ruby, it builds and installs in few minutes. The slow one is another story, however. build time, no problem here: 460.448u 63.175s 9:52.80 88.3% 3844+2249k 911+151io 308pf+0w install time: 565.634u 72.527s 1:46:30.87 9.9%11+-4438k 1711+40io 464794pf+4w At least that how it looked when I pressed ^C The machine was slow, swapping a lot (about 150MB of swap used), with CPU idling most of the time. I guess Ruby being scripted language doesn't help performance, either. Installing from a package takes about 3 minutes, however. I've never noticed problems with ruby because I build all needed packages on a fast machine (having a lot of memory helps), then install them on the small ones. To sum up, try using a package instead[1]. HTH, Karol [1] There's another option - make the port not to generate documentation but that would mean hacking it, I don't see any knobs to do that. -- Karol Kwiatkowski freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
Just out of curiosity I tried ruby port on two machines - fast one (1.6GHz Athlon with 1GB RAM) and small one (400MHz with 96MB RAM). Fast one has no problems with ruby, it builds and installs in few minutes. The slow one is another story, however. There is definitely something in teh building of ruby (I beleive in the test part), looks like it does a complete disk scanning (to find possible libraries?) during that period when it seems to be idled, disk are being accessed like carzy. Anyway, after a night at it, it finally installs :) Bests, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
On 9/12/06, Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am upgrading a few servers. I have noticed that on pentium III, it takes a VERY long time to upgrade Ruby 1.8. It blocks at some stage saying: zlib.c: mcc... Generating RI... Eventually it will finich installing. I am running RELENG 4.11 p21. Any clue? Old FreeBSD on old hardware is a recipe for such problems. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
Old FreeBSD on old hardware is a recipe for such problems. Hummm, I was looking at bsdstats... majority of registered hardware is pentium III. I like FreeBSD because of it's hability of running well on old hardware: why would I need a Xeon dual core to run a DNS server for 5 clients? Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
On 14/09/2006 03:21, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hummm, I was looking at bsdstats... majority of registered hardware is pentium III. I like FreeBSD because of it's hability of running well on old hardware: why would I need a Xeon dual core to run a DNS server for 5 clients? I don't know why. I'm running DNS server on old Celeron 400Mhz with 96MB RAM just fine. Why do you think you need Xeon dual core for that? Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
I don't know why. I'm running DNS server on old Celeron 400Mhz with 96MB RAM just fine. Why do you think you need Xeon dual core for that? Of course I don't, and won't. I was just replying to the guy that told me that I am using archaic hardware and that it makes building ruby slow. I do use a number of PIII servers (more than Xeon) and am very happy with them. Bests, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slow install of Ruby 18 from ports
Hi, I am upgrading a few servers. I have noticed that on pentium III, it takes a VERY long time to upgrade Ruby 1.8. It blocks at some stage saying: zlib.c: mcc... Generating RI... Eventually it will finich installing. I am running RELENG 4.11 p21. Any clue? TIA Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
