firebird compile times on ec2 extra large instance (fedora core 6)

Extra Large Instance 15 GB memory, 64-bit platform 8 EC2 Compute Units (4 virtual cores with 2 EC2 Compute Units each) 1,690 GB instance storage (4 x 420 GB plus 10 GB root partition) Instance Type name: m1.xlarge (used in EC2 APIs)

wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/firebird/Firebird-2.1.0.15999-Beta1.tar.bz2

yum install automake libtool readline-devel libtermcap-devel make btyacc bison gawk gcc-c++ xinetd ncurses-devel
tar -jxf Firebird-2.1.0.15999-Beta1.tar.bz2
./autogen.sh --prefix=/mnt/firebird2.1.x
time make
real    11m49.195s
user    10m11.510s
sys     1m19.200s
cd /mnt/firebird2.1.x/bin

./isql -u sysdba -p **********
connect "/opt/firebird2.1.x/examples/empbuild/employee.fdb"
SQL> SHOW version;
ISQL Version: LI-T2.1.0.15999 Firebird 2.1 Beta 1
Server version:
Firebird/linux AMD64 (access method), version "LI-T2.1.0.15999 Firebird 2.1 Beta 1"
on disk structure version 11.1

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building times for firebird 2.1 on amazon ec2 (fedora core 6)

Large Instance 7.5 GB memory, 64-bit platform 4 EC2 Compute Units (2 virtual cores with 2 EC2 Compute Units each) 850 GB instance storage (2 x 420 GB plus 10 GB root partition)
Instance Type name: m1.large (used in EC2 APIs)

Here how can firebird can be build and the time

wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/firebird/Firebird-2.1.0.15999-Beta1.tar.bz2
yum install automake libtool readline-devel libtermcap-devel make btyacc bison gawk gcc-c++ xinetd ncurses-devel
 cd Firebird-2.1.0.15999-Beta1
./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/firebird2.1.x
time make
real    12m9.498s
user    10m16.980s
sys     1m19.880s
make install


cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 33
model name      : Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 270
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2004.542
cache size      : 1024 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
bogomips        : 4010.62
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 33
model name      : Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 270
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2004.542
cache size      : 1024 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
bogomips        : 4010.62
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

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