Comments on: Best Way to Boost Developer Productivity http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/ My Experiences with Software Development Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » Improving Visual Studio Performance: Additional Tips http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-23833 Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » Improving Visual Studio Performance: Additional Tips Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:30:50 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-23833 [...] using Visual Studio recently. The newest entry is by Scott Guthrie. He makes a similar point so what I suggested last year. The hard drive speed is very important. However, I would like to point out some additional details [...] [...] using Visual Studio recently. The newest entry is by Scott Guthrie. He makes a similar point so what I suggested last year. The hard drive speed is very important. However, I would like to point out some additional details [...]

]]> By: Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » New Computer Acts as 4 in 1 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-18868 Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » New Computer Acts as 4 in 1 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:35:08 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-18868 [...] I will be able to sit out on my balcony with the laptop and remote into these environments. I could even poke a hole in the incoming internet connection to allow access to Remote Desktop from my office or a coffee shop. I remote into my web server all of the time, so it should be more than reasonable for performance. In fact, I think it will perform very well. I will always hook it up to the fastest external drives as the computer ages and I can update the memory whenever I need a boost. The processor could be a concern in a couple of years, but a dual Athlon 64 should be sufficient for several years since the real bottleneck is disk access speed. [...] [...] I will be able to sit out on my balcony with the laptop and remote into these environments. I could even poke a hole in the incoming internet connection to allow access to Remote Desktop from my office or a coffee shop. I remote into my web server all of the time, so it should be more than reasonable for performance. In fact, I think it will perform very well. I will always hook it up to the fastest external drives as the computer ages and I can update the memory whenever I need a boost. The processor could be a concern in a couple of years, but a dual Athlon 64 should be sufficient for several years since the real bottleneck is disk access speed. [...]

]]> By: MikeS http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-12135 MikeS Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:34:18 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-12135 If you want to run Visual Studio and SQL server and IIS, and anything else, for an prolonged development session, best to get 2 gigs. If you want to run Visual Studio and SQL server and IIS, and anything else, for an prolonged development session, best to get 2 gigs.

]]> By: brennan http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11403 brennan Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:17:41 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11403 http://digg.com/hardware/USB_Flash_Memory_for_Windows_Vista_ReadyBoost That is another way to speed things up. Basically you attach a USB thumb drive and Vista can use it for swap space instead of just the internal drive. My guess is that you also do not want to yank it out if it is actively managing swap data. But these days it appars a 1GB memory chip is roughly the same cost as a USB thumb drive, so I may as well just increase the existing memory. Brennan http://digg.com/hardware/USB_Flash_Memory_for_Windows_Vista_ReadyBoost

That is another way to speed things up. Basically you attach a USB thumb drive and Vista can use it for swap space instead of just the internal drive. My guess is that you also do not want to yank it out if it is actively managing swap data. But these days it appars a 1GB memory chip is roughly the same cost as a USB thumb drive, so I may as well just increase the existing memory.

Brennan

]]> By: Dan Bartels http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11402 Dan Bartels Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:04:55 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11402 No, the drive has to be internal, windows would crash if it had a problem accessing the drive / swapfile Dan No, the drive has to be internal, windows would crash if it had a problem accessing the drive / swapfile

Dan

]]> By: brennan http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11390 brennan Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:23:03 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11390 Dan, How would you handle the disconnected drive? Most of the time I do leave the external drive attached, but when I go to a coffee shop what happens to the swap space for the external drive? Can I disconnect a drive which is configured with swap space on that drive? Dan,

How would you handle the disconnected drive? Most of the time I do leave the external drive attached, but when I go to a coffee shop what happens to the swap space for the external drive? Can I disconnect a drive which is configured with swap space on that drive?

]]> By: Dan http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11385 Dan Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:40:19 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/11/08/best-way-to-boost-developer-productivity/#comment-11385 It is also very important to configure your virtual memory to use a different physical HDD than the one your OS is installed on... Just buying that 40$ drive and putting it in your pc as a d drive, and configuring your swap space to use it, could increase your system perf by as much as 25% Dan It is also very important to configure your virtual memory to use a different physical HDD than the one your OS is installed on... Just buying that 40$ drive and putting it in your pc as a d drive, and configuring your swap space to use it, could increase your system perf by as much as 25%

Dan

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