Re: openmosix and distcc

Deadpan110 <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.cluster.openmosix.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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On 06/04/06, Andreas Fladischer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> have you done benchmarks with distcc alone and with openmosix
> together?will it bring a speedup if they work together?
>
> Deadpan110 wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use openMosix and distcc (makes sence when using a distro like
> > gentoo that requires a lot of compiling)
> >
> > As you are probably aware that while not all processes will migrate
> > using openMosix (especially while compiling some things)
> > distcc seems to help matters a lot.
> >
> > I would recommend that if you have not used distcc before that you
> > make sure all your nodes are the same and have the same versions of
> > gcc, kernel headers etc, etc as this is the main cause of failed
> > distcc builds.
> >
> > Afterwards, it is possible to configure distcc for cross compiling.
> >
> > I have noticed that distcc can also migrate sometimes (so when a
> > compile is sent to another node with distcc, it too can migrate again
> > if openmosix spots that its not heavily IO bound)
> >
> > I would say distcc is a definite must and speeds up compilations on my
> > cluster.
> >
> > I would also recommend that you also use ccache to speed up compiling
> > and also install dsh to make administering your cluster easier.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > On 06/04/06, *Andreas Fladischer* <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     hi!
> >
> >     have anybody experience with openmosix and distcc?
> >
> >     greetz
> >
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