How much cash comp would you trade for carry ?

How much carry DAW would you demand for each 100k in cash comp? Assume it's deployed DAW so you're just waiting to grow equity value and sell (meaning not waiting to also deploy) and fund has historically solidly returned 2-2.5x gross. 

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