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Clustering macpros for video encoding

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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 :)
 
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Mac Pro 8x3.0ghz 12gb ram 8800GT , MBP 2.16 2GB Ram 17 inch.
I use a powermac and I am considering setting up a permanent cluster for use with video editing, I can tell you that there is a significant difference although I don't know how much difference because I use a macbook pro, quad, macbook, and powerbook as my cluster i do not yet have servers in the cluster.
 
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Please explain what tools your using for the cluster. I'm just curious.
 

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