[mythtv-users] OT: Backend cluster?

Robert Johnston anaerin at gmail.com
Sun Jan 15 00:10:13 UTC 2006


On 1/14/06, Jay Hutfles <jayhutfles at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm just curious if anyone has tried clustering backends together to speed
> up post-recording jobs like commercial detection or transcoding.  Wouldn't
> something like openMosix work?
>
>  If not, sorry for getting off-topic.

OpenMosix wouldn't really help Myth's backend all that much, as
Commercial Detection and Transcoding are both single-threaded. As it
stands, if you set up another backend, jobs can be sent to it, so Myth
parallel-processes by itself (As much as it can with single-threaded
tasks).
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Robert "Anaerin" Johnston


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