Windows 2003 X64 and Windows 7 X64

[Kelly O'Hair]

Interesting, then we probably build on Windows Vista, nice to know, not that I know anyone using Vista   ;^)

I'll try and check out Windows 2008 R2. Thanks.

-kto

On Oct 26, 2012, at 1:58 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote:

> 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