Distributed transcoding : more than 2 servers doesn't help

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enka
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Distributed transcoding : more than 2 servers doesn't help

Post by enka »

Hello,

i'm doing several tests with distributed ffmpeg transcoding for thousands of audio files : with 2 servers instead of 1, i divide by about 2 the time needed.
But if a add more servers : i doesn't speed the workflow => more than 2 servers does 't help.

I don't know if it's a network issue, or something else...

I use the latest ffastrans.

Any idea ?


Thank you
admin
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Re: Distributed transcoding : more than 2 servers doesn't help

Post by admin »

Hi enka,

FFAStrans has no inbuilt restriciton on how many nodes you can add to the farm. In fact, it does not know and it does not "care". So, it might be a network issue. Are all the hosts working simultaneously or do they alternate on the jobs? How have you configured the media caches, local or shared? If shared; what kind of share is it?

-steinar
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