Hope those who are at #Conv14 are enjoying it! In the meantime, I’ll post a tip I got from Microsoft at #AXTech2014 for the rest of us. 🙂
Simple tricks to speed up compilation: for pre-CU7
- Single machine deployment
- Add memory to the build machine
- Don’t constrain SQL server memory consumption
- Install KB2844240
- Install a machine with a faster CPU
- Alternatively, solid state drives on the build machine
With these, we can get to 45 minutes for an AOT compile
And then, turbo it:
For CU7 (and later), do the above, plus:
- Parallel compile: axbuild.exe is a new standalone command line tool to coordinate multiple AOS in the same box to complete a full compilation in parallel
Happy DAXing!
janeteblake 