Force most compilation to a remote host with distcc

Question

The distcc FAQ states that there is currently no scheme for balancing or prioritizing hosts. They recommend to simply list the fastest host on top or the list.

The situation here is that the remote host is a lot more powerful than the host where I'm compiling.

Would it be effective to simply list the same host several times in /etc/distcc/hosts in order to force most compilation tasks to the remote host?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 05:59

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No, but do not include localhost in host list.

As a general rule, if the aggregate CPU speed of the client is less than one fifth of the total, then the client should be left out of the list.

Also, distcc only distributes compilation, so preprocessing and linking will always be run locally.

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answered Mar 19 '13 at 05:59

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This answer is a bit dated. Maybe someone should update it. `distcc` can, at least according to its [documentation](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/distcc-pump.1.html), preprocess remotely using `distcc pump`. Linking is done locally, of course, still. – Duck Dodgers Apr 09 '19 at 11:14

Force most compilation to a remote host with distcc

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