1. Install Eclipse 

2. Window > Prefs > Update > Avail Software Sites > disable all sites.

3. Help > Install > Add...

It is recommended that you download these zips once and reuse them for each re-run of this test:

http://www.qa.jboss.com/binaries/RHDS/targetplatforms/jbdevstudiotarget/4.40.0.Beta3/jbdevstudiotarget-4.40.0.Beta3.zip
http://www.qa.jboss.com/binaries/RHDS/builds/development/8.0.0.Beta3-build-core/jboss-devstudio-8.0.0.Beta3-v20140722-2011-B194-updatesite-core.zip

or, you can just point Eclipse here:

https://devstudio.redhat.com/updates/8.0.0/jboss-devstudio-8.0.0.Beta3-target-platform/
https://devstudio.redhat.com/updates/8.0.0/jboss-devstudio-8.0.0.Beta3-updatesite-core/
or
http://www.qa.jboss.com/binaries/RHDS/targetplatforms/jbdevstudiotarget/4.40.0.Beta3/
http://www.qa.jboss.com/binaries/RHDS/updates/development/8.0.0.Beta3-updatesite-core/

4. Select the updatesite-core site, then select the "JBoss Developer Studio 8.0 - Core" category. Install & restart when prompted.

Alternatively, you could install JBDS from this jar instead:

http://www.qa.jboss.com/binaries/RHDS/builds/development/8.0.0.Beta3-build-core/jboss-devstudio-8.0.0.Beta3-v20140722-2011-B194-installer-standalone.jar
(or from the link on https://tools.jboss.org/downloads/devstudio/luna/8.0.0.Beta3.html )

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5. Window > Prefs > Update > Avail Software Sites > disable all sites and add these instead:

https://devstudio.redhat.com/static/updates/8.0.0/jboss-devstudio-8.0.0.CR1b-target-platform/
https://devstudio.redhat.com/static/updates/8.0.0/jboss-devstudio-8.0.0.CR1b-updatesite-core/

6. Help > Check for updates. Install all updates and record how long the update took.

7. Starting again from step 1, repeat steps 1-6 3x and record how long each update took.