Re: Using a weaker machine or not

Martin Pool <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:44:32 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.compilers.distcc
Message-ID <CAA9uavBojaUBVBLzf115s83GsRBfdvqVmrChvqSBc6-qFq-o=w@mail.gmail.com>
The main problem is that distcc is not (last time I looked) smart
enough to understand some machines are faster than others.  So if the
problem is embarrassingly parallel, you're fine, but if there is a
bottleneck the critical tasks might be stuck on slower machines.

As an unscientific rule of thumb I would not use machines that are
more than say 2-3x (per core) slower than the average.

-- 
Martin
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