armhf Debian autobuilding network
Which hardware could buildd use?
- It is agreed that best buildd hardware would be the one used on ARM server side land, but until this market evolves, there is need to fill in the gap with hardware available today. Some proposed hardware follow up on the next table:
Name |
Processor |
NEON |
Memory |
Internal storage |
I/O |
Ethernet |
Price (w/o shipping) |
Comments |
ARM Cortex-A8 800MHz (i.MX51) |
Yes |
512 MB |
PATA 4/8 GB SSD |
SD, USB 2.0 |
100 Mb |
$129 |
Buildd used on debian-ports armhf |
|
ARM Dual Cortex A9 1GHz (Tegra2) |
No |
1 GB |
4/8/32 GB SSD |
? |
1 Gb |
$319 |
|
|
ARM Dual Cortex A9 1GHz (OMAP4) |
Yes |
1 GB |
No |
SD, USB 2.0 |
100 Mb |
$174 |
Dual-cores definitely make a (huge) difference for long parallelised builds |
|
ARM Cortex A8 1GHz (i.MX53) |
Yes |
1 GB |
No |
SATA, ? |
100 Mb |
$149 |
On-board SATA is reasonably quick, and great when buildds land in swap-death, but the port isn't powered. Now getting rare, most suippliers quoting 8 weeks+ lead time. |
|
ARM Dual Cortex A9 1GHz (Nova A9500) |
Yes |
1 GB |
4/8GB eMMC |
? |
100 Mb |
$149 |
|
|
ARM Dual Cortex A9 1GHz (Exynos4210) |
Yes |
1 GB |
? |
? |
None |
$199 |
|
|
ARMv7 compatible 800Mhz (PXA510) |
? |
1 GB |
8 GB eMMC |
eSATAp, ? |
1 Gb |
$249 |
|
Sledge (2011-08-12): Ordered 6 Freescale Quickstart boards from mouser.com, expecting delivery in a few days.
Sledge (2011-08-26): Boards arrived earlier this week, building and installing into a mini-rack.
Sledge (2011-10-14): Boards installed and up and running.
Machines
All under debian.org, with DSA control:
- hartmann, hasse, hebden and henze running buildd software
- harris as a porter box
- hoiby as a hot spare