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Date:      Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:37:48 -0500 (EST)
From:      Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make -jN world; how to determine optimal value of N? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911121636580.9104-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <199911121912.MAA18289@harmony.village.org>

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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Warner Losh wrote:

> Generally on FreeBSD machines that are otherwise unused and flush with
> memory, the formula I've seen for n is 4 * #CPU.

Thank you -- I didn't need a precise answer, just a good heuristic.
This will do nicely.

--
 Ben Rosengart

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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