Timing PDAL build using VS2015 and IncrediBuild vs MSBuild

pdal_build_incredibuild_vs_msbuild.md

PDAL parallel builds on Windows

Quick wall clock comparison of PDAL parallel builds using MSBuild and IncrediBuild.

TL;TR

Build (cores)	t(s)
MS (48)	44
MS (32)	44
MS (16)	48
IB (16)	58

Environment

• Hardware: Intel Xeon E5-2670v3 (24 cores, 48 logical) + 64 GB RAM + SSD
• Windows 10
• Visual Studio 2015 Update 1
• IncrediBuild 7.1
• CMake 3.3.2

PDAL

• CMake generated 115 .vcxproj projects

cmake.exe -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..

• Build: 111 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 4 skipped

MSBuild (16 cores)

dateu.exe & ^
msbuild PDAL_64.sln /m:16 ^
  /p:PreferredToolArchitecture=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64 /flp2:errorsonly;logfile=msbuild.err > NUL & ^
dateu.exe

Thu Feb 18 14:41:36 Central European Standard Time 2016
Thu Feb 18 14:42:24 Central European Standard Time 2016

MSBuild (32 cores, current default max)

dateu.exe & ^
msbuild PDAL_64.sln /m ^
  /p:PreferredToolArchitecture=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64 /flp2:errorsonly;logfile=msbuild.err > NUL & ^
dateu.exe

Thu Feb 18 13:36:28 Central European Standard Time 2016
Thu Feb 18 13:37:12 Central European Standard Time 2016

MSBuild (48 cores)

dateu.exe & ^
msbuild PDAL_64.sln /m:48 ^
  /p:PreferredToolArchitecture=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64 /flp2:errorsonly;logfile=msbuild.err > NUL & ^
dateu.exe

Thu Feb 18 17:54:28 Central European Standard Time 2016
Thu Feb 18 17:55:12 Central European Standard Time 2016

IncrediBuild (16 cores licensed)

dateu.exe & ^
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Xoreax\IncrediBuild\BuildConsole.exe" PDAL_64.sln ^
  /nologo /usemsbuild /msbuildargs="/p:PreferredToolArchitecture=x64 /flp2:errorsonly;logfile=msbuild.err" /vsversion="vc14" /build /Cfg="Debug|x64" > NUL & ^
  dateu.exe

Thu Feb 18 13:59:50 Central European Standard Time 2016
Thu Feb 18 14:00:48 Central European Standard Time 2016