> We're actively looking into a Telemetry-like system for mach and the build system.
I heartily endorse this event or product and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Chris On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Gregory Szorc <g...@mozilla.com> wrote: > 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
