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New server makes the build go fast.

We've finally got our new server up-and-running, YAY!

Hardware specs:

  • Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz with EMT64
  • Areca PCI-X Raid Controller with 4x120GB SATA disks in RAID5
  • 2GB RAM
  • Nice black case...and other bits and pieces

The main thing is that our builds for FinalBuilder (using FinalBuilder of course) runs soooo much quicker. The build server is a Virtual Machine (using VMWare 5) so moving it to the new server was very easy.

The build time of FinalBuilder has gone from about 25mins on the old server, to about 9mins on the new server!

Pretty awsome speedup.... and our version control system is on the new server too, and it's also shown a major improvement in speed :)

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