Windows 2003 X64 and Windows 7 X64

[Erik Joelsson]

It doesn't seem to be R2 unfortunately.

/Erik

On 2012-10-26 05:22, Kelly O'Hair wrote:
> I'm told that "Windows 2008" is Vista based, and "Windows 2008 R2" is Win7 based.
> Can you check on the Windows 2008 system you used and verify if it is R2 or not? Thanks.
>
> I asked Heikki  to spin up a Windows 2008 R2 VM, but if you have one already and have verified
> it works there, that would be a  comforting thought.
>
> My thinking was that we should move jdk8 builds to Win7 X64, but if "Windows 2008 R2" works, I'm willing
> to change to "Windows 2008 R2". I was told that a server OS is easier to manage lab-wise.
>
> -kto
>
> On Oct 24, 2012, at 12:42 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>
>> My experience so far with OS versions is this:
>>
>> My laptop (lenovo thinkpad 4 cores, maybe 2 years old) windows 7 x64, hangs frequently.
>> Lab machine (HP Proliant DL360 G4p, 4 cores) windows 2003 ia32, hangs frequently
>> Lab machine (older beta hardware, 16 cores) windows 2003 x64, no hangs in hudson (not using for manual runs)
>> Lab machine (newer beta hardware, 64 cores) windows 2008 x64, no hangs in hudson or manual runs
>>
>> Based on this small sample, and assuming 2008 and 7 are basically the same, I would say machine size is a bigger factor than OS version, but would need more data to say anything real I think.
>>
>> /Erik
>>
>> On 2012-10-23 19:18, Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>>> I have been experimenting with using Windows 7 X64 for CYGWIN building rather than Windows 2003 X64.
>>>
>>> I have no hard evidence yet, but it seems better. Anti-Virus conflict issues may  still be a problem.
>>>
>>> It makes me think that maybe all this effort on Windows 2003 X64 build issues may be wasted, and maybe we
>>> should consider just changing at least our 64bit builds to Windows 7 X64.
>>>
>>> Both the old builds with MKS and the build-infra CYGWIN builds can work there with little to no change.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> -kto