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Date:      Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:59:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
To:        Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make -jN world; how to determine optimal value of N?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911111758230.99311-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <5ld7tg8wy5.fsf@foo.sics.se>

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On 11 Nov 1999, Assar Westerlund wrote:

> Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org> writes:
> > Does anyone know of a method for determining the optimal number of
> > concurrent jobs with which to make world (or anything else for that
> > matter), given the amount of RAM, speed of processor, version of
> > FreeBSD, speed and layout of disk(s), etc.?
> 
> Try it and measure?

D'oh -- I *meant* to add "besides trying different values and measuring"
-- if I had that much time on my hands, I wouldn't be worrying about how
long a make world takes.  :-)

--
 Ben Rosengart

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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