On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 03:37:57PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > >>>>> - tofee: up, building packages, sometimes stable-security. > >>>>> > >>>>> I think it is time to changes things. Our faster build daemons have a > >>>>> 233MHz CPU with 256MB of RAM, while there are way faster ARM CPU today. > >>>> How much faster is the fastest available ARM CPU compared to toffee? > >>> As in, the fastest ARM CPU that exists in the world? As far as > >>> I know, that would be the 1.2 GHz Intel IOP342 (dual core.) > >> Are these publicly available and affordable? > > > > I think dev boards for the IOP342 are around $1600 if you buy them > > from Intel (will have to double-check that.) I have an 800MHz > > version that I originally got for kernel work, and I think Martin > > Michlmayr has an 800MHz version as well. > > > > A 600MHz IOP80219 board (in the form of the Thecus n2100) is about > > $270 (USD) on newegg.com with 128M RAM (regular DDR DIMM socket, > > upgradable up to 512M) and no disk (takes two SATA disks.) The > > machine that Bill Gatliff made available is of this type. > > > > > >> If so, let's replace the existing seven buildds with two IOP342; > >> it'll reduce the administrative overhead for DSA/buildd admins > > > > Is the number of build machines the current problem, though? > > > > If you never fix machines when they break, having 7 machines is better > > than having 2 machines, because if you lose 1 out of 2 machines you lose > > half of your build capacity, whereas if you lose 1 out of 7 machines, > > it's not a really big deal. > > FYI, we currently have lost 4 out of 7 machines...
Right. So if we'd had 2 fast machines to begin with, we would have had zero now? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
