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LPD For Fun and MP3 Playing

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the file-spooling-frenzy dept.

poop writes "Most true Unix geeks will recognize just how nice LPD is as a distributed queueing mechanism for managing all jobs sent to the printer. But, what most people don't realize is that LPD can be used for other things too. In fact, it can be viewed as a general queueing mechanism with a few added bells and whistles for printers. So let's examine a more interesting use of LPD, an engine for distributed spooling of MP3s." Bruha points out this mirror.

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  1. HIgh End Queuing? by bigattichouse · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Could this be adapted for a MQ system (say queuing database queries?).. just adding some extra info into the "document", like where the query came from, etc. What kind of load can it handle?

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    meh