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Date:      Fri, 18 Apr 1997 14:16:54 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Speed deamons: How to build a build box?
Message-ID:  <199704182016.OAA24268@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <E0wIJ9F-0005Yv-00@rover.village.org>
References:  <E0wIJ9F-0005Yv-00@rover.village.org>

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> My question is:
> 	How do I morph the machine I have into a faster build box?
> 
> 	3) Buy a faster disk, ultrawide scsi 7200 or faster disk.

That's my suggestion.  The build is pretty much I/O bound with your
processor, so you don't need more cycles, but more I/O.  I was suprised
how much faster the Barracuda in the P6 was over the Fuji in my P5 box
(5400 rpm drive compared to a 7200 rpm drive).




Nate



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