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Comparing CASA-5 and CASA-6 (casa-pipeline-validation-8) across the two different CPUs available for batch processing in NM and CV shows that the newer CPUs (E5-2640v3) run a small calibration job (6.7GB) about 1.25 times faster than the old CPUs (E5-2670) with CASA-6 performing slower in every case. There was no significant run-time difference between NM and CV for similar hardware and software. Results are in minutes.
Here is the full pipeline script I have used for all of these tests casa_pipescript.py For some tests, I commented out all but hifv_importdata.
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