Re: [Jack-Devel] ALSA PCM multi plugin and xruns

On 11/12/12 09:26, John Rigg wrote:
> Geoff, I seem to remember you were running the cards in a dedicated
> system with no X, connected via netjack to a separate box running
> the DAW software. Is that still the case?
>
> I could never get the performance you described on a single computer
> running everything. I'm almost 100% certain the UP system I mentioned
> also suffers from these phantom xruns with pcm_multi (but haven't been
> able to confirm that yet). It seems to be very dependent on system load,
> kernel version and configuration.
It was a headed machine, but yes it was what I used to call my LinAS -  
for audio server machine - hosting 4n ice1712's within a netjack system.
And it would stay up for weeks on end with no xruns in UP. Custom kernel 
etc on Arch Linux. However,same build in SMP - storms.

That was partly the attraction of netjack - serious load spreading ;)

best

g

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