My dual G4-400 *easily* handles 3-4 effect on 8 *stereo* tracks realtime, no lag!
Plus, any speed increase you gain by using the cluster (I've set up 128 node MPI clusters before) is going to be lost just *getting* the data there...
It could be a nice idea for a large job - I don't know what kind of audio you're processing - but for my everyday use (or other musicians I know) clustering just isn't practical (in the sense of time or money).
Ok, you're not a *total* idiot -- there's just better ways of doing it. A faster machine will take you much farther than a few clustered Pentiums.
I, too, have set up diskless clients, and love 'em. This guy is right on target (see original message)
You don't even need to go PIII, either. A nice cheap little AMD K6-2 (or the new K7, I suppose) would probably do just find, for considerable less money. (I have a AMD K6-2 350 that, on a good day, keeps up with a dual Intel PII-233)
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My dual G4-400 *easily* handles 3-4 effect on 8 *stereo* tracks realtime, no lag!
Plus, any speed increase you gain by using the cluster (I've set up 128 node MPI clusters before) is going to be lost just *getting* the data there...
It could be a nice idea for a large job - I don't know what kind of audio you're processing - but for my everyday use (or other musicians I know) clustering just isn't practical (in the sense of time or money).
Ok, you're not a *total* idiot -- there's just better ways of doing it. A faster machine will take you much farther than a few clustered Pentiums.
I, too, have set up diskless clients, and love 'em. This guy is right on target (see original message)
You don't even need to go PIII, either. A nice cheap little AMD K6-2 (or the new K7, I suppose) would probably do just find, for considerable less money. (I have a AMD K6-2 350 that, on a good day, keeps up with a dual Intel PII-233)