Not sure, but compiling packages can be i/o bound rather that CPU bound, and is fairly easy to split up.
Rather than one fast multicore server, this solution gets them a lot of separate systems each with dedicated disk, memory, etc. Also, the reboot and wipe each time has security benefits.
The alternative equivalent solution would be a bunch of VM's on a host, which would probably result in memory or i/o bandwidth contention quickly.
Rather than one fast multicore server, this solution gets them a lot of separate systems each with dedicated disk, memory, etc. Also, the reboot and wipe each time has security benefits.
The alternative equivalent solution would be a bunch of VM's on a host, which would probably result in memory or i/o bandwidth contention quickly.