Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 10:39:03 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@columbus.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: `time make buildworld' Message-ID: <39DF3587.3C2BA373@columbus.rr.com> References: <39DECC00.71E81EF1@urx.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010070011530.84656-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> <20001007101732.A91198@freebie.demon.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > So what's happening here? Softupdates slow down buildworld? 4.1.1 does > > > > buildworld slower than 3.5 and earlier? Or 4.1.1 buildworld takes a lot > > > > longer than earlier versions? Or my system is just weird? <SNIP> > Ah. In 8 meg it thrashes like h*ll, so all bets are off as far as a > reasonable build time. Just to add to this, I've done some very limited experiments with softupdates and my conclusion is that running softupdates on systems with low RAM is a very bad idea (tm) as it hurts performance badly. On systems with a more reasonable amount of RAM it's an improvement. I say limited tests because I haven't run the same machine with low/sufficient RAM to verify that it's the RAM that causes the slowdown, but it makes sense. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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