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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