I am running cache server on my local machine and wondered if anyone knows what kinds of machine you need to get good performance if you setup a dedicated cache server? Any performance differences that are noticeable when accessing it across a wired network vs local? Any of your experiences would be great! thanks
Hi @ev3d , http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/CacheServer.html
Requirements for the machine hosting the Cache Server
For best performance there must be enough RAM to hold an entire imported project folder. In addition, it is best to have a machine with a fast hard drive and fast Ethernet connection. The hard drive should also have sufficient free space. On the other hand, the Cache Server has very low CPU usage.
One of the main distinctions between the Cache Server and version control is that its cached data can always be rebuilt locally. It is simply a tool for improving performance. For this reason it doesn’t make sense to use a Cache Server over the Internet. If you have a distributed team, you should place a separate cache server in each location.
The cache server should run on a Linux or Mac OS X machine. The Windows file system is not particularly well optimized for how the Asset Cache Server stores data and problems with file locking on Windows can cause issues that don’t occur on Linux or Mac OS X.
I could give you more information if you answer those questions:
- Number of developers
- Size of your project
- Computers available
Hi there,
I am resuming Ev3d’s question, 4 years later, but we are a team with the same question.
We decided to build a stand alone server for our team on the local network.
Think about:
- 2 (main) to 4 users/ developers.
- for VR projects (around 700MB ~ 1GB/ per project)
- Maybe 2 projects developed simultaneously
- we will use about 5 different high-end computers, both mac & windows, but max 3 pc’s will be used / access the server.
We are looking for a non-expensive/ normal budget, yet reliable solution.
Thanx