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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:13:10 -0800
From:      Aditya <aditya@grot.org>
To:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Buildworld on RLX Serverblade 1000t takes ages
Message-ID:  <loheao46kp.fsf@mighty.grot.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030227112720.A26204@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> (Brooks Davis's message of "Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:27:20 -0800")
References:  <5.2.0.9.0.20030227133549.047684c0@mail.monkey-online.net> <20030227112720.A26204@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>

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> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:27:20 -0800, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> said:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:40:53PM +0100, Eric Veraart wrote: Hello,
> ad0: 19077MB <FUJITSU MHR2020AT> [38760/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
>
> It seems like the right answer for blade servers it probably to do
> the build on a more powerful server and then mount /usr/src and
> /usr/obj over NFS for the upgrades.  If that's possiable in your
> environment, I'd strongly recommend it.

As Brooks notes, it's the drives that are the limiting factor. I'm
able to do a buildworld on a RLX 633 blade with /usr/src (ro) and
/usr/obj mounted on a Network Appliance Filer in less than 4 hours.

I'll measure it more accurately this weekend.

Adi

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