I encode dv and hdv video content on an xp pro machine, i have yet to purchase a mac desktop but have heard that clustering the machines can work well with encoding large amounts of video (raw avi, dv stream) to other formats (.mov, .wmv, .mpeg)
does anyone have any tutorials on setting this up, or benchmarks to look at? For example, if a 10 hour encoding code on one macpro was spread out to a cluster of 5, would it be cone 5x faster, or only 2x? I need more hard data if anyone has experience or can point me in the right direction I'd really like to know before spending $15k on a group of machines.
Thanks
does anyone have any tutorials on setting this up, or benchmarks to look at? For example, if a 10 hour encoding code on one macpro was spread out to a cluster of 5, would it be cone 5x faster, or only 2x? I need more hard data if anyone has experience or can point me in the right direction I'd really like to know before spending $15k on a group of machines.
Thanks