We're actively looking into a Telemetry-like system for mach and the build system.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Chris H-C <chut...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Are there any scripts for reporting, analysing build times reported by > mach? I think this would be really useful data to have, especially to track > build system improvements (and regressions) as well as poorly-supported > configurations. > > Chris > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 7:42 PM, Gregory Szorc <g...@mozilla.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Ralph Giles <gi...@mozilla.com> wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Gregory Szorc <g...@mozilla.com> wrote: >> > >> > > * `mach build binaries` (touch network/dns/DNS.cpp): 14.1s >> > >> > 24s here. So faster link times and significantly faster clobber times. >> I'm >> > sold! >> > >> > Any motherboard recommendations? If we want developers to use machines >> > like this, maintaining a current config in ServiceNow would probably >> > help. >> >> >> Until the ServiceNow catalog is updated... >> >> The Lenovo ThinkStation P710 is a good starting point ( >> http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/workstations/thinkstation/p-series/p710/). >> From the default config: >> >> * Choose a 2 x E5-2637v4 or a 2 x E5-2643v4 >> * Select at least 4 x 8 GB ECC memory sticks (for at least 32 GB) >> * Under "Non-RAID Hard Drives" select whatever works for you. I recommend >> a >> 512 GB SSD as the primary HD. Throw in more drives if you need them. >> >> Should be ~$4400 for the 2xE5-2637v4 and ~$5600 for the 2xE5-2643v4 >> (plus/minus a few hundred depending on configuration specific). >> >> FWIW, I priced out similar specs for a HP Z640 and the markup on the CPUs >> is absurd (costs >$2000 more when fully configured). Lenovo's >> markup/pricing seems reasonable by comparison. Although I'm sure someone >> somewhere will sell the same thing for cheaper. >> >> If you don't need the dual socket Xeons, go for an i7-6700K at the least. >> I >> got the >> >> http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/cto-dynamic-kits--1/hp-envy-750se-windows-7-desktop-p5q80av-aba-1 >> a few months ago and like it. At ~$1500 for an i7-6700K, 32 GB RAM, and a >> 512 GB SSD, the price was very reasonable compared to similar >> configurations at Dell, HP, others. >> >> The just-released Broadwell-E processors with 6-10 cores are also nice >> (i7-6850K, i7-6900K). Although I haven't yet priced any of these out so I >> have no links to share. They should be <$2600 fully configured. That's a >> good price point between the i7-6700K and a dual socket Xeon. Although if >> you do lots of C++ compiling, you should get the dual socket Xeons (unless >> you have access to more cores in an office or a remote machine). >> >> If you buy a machine today, watch out for Windows 7. The free Windows 10 >> upgrade from Microsoft is ending soon. Try to get a Windows 10 Pro license >> out of the box. And, yes, you should use Windows 10 as your primary OS >> because that's what our users mostly use. I run Hyper-V under Windows 10 >> and have at least 1 Linux VM running at all times. With 32 GB in the >> system, there's plenty of RAM to go around and Linux performance under the >> VM is excellent. It feels like I'm dual booting without the rebooting >> part. >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-platform mailing list >> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >> > > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
