erland wrote: > Not sure why he does it but I can think of a number of reasons: > 1. To get support for multiple libraries (without using Multi Library > plugin), for example one fore each family member or house area or type > of music (classical vs pop/rock). Sometimes you even want different > configuration to be used depending on the user or type of music the > server provides. > 2. To make it easy to help users with problems: > - by always having an instance running with the same version and > similar configuration which they are using > - by having different library sizes making it easy to test how it works > in a certain library size > - by having different configuration settings making it possible to > verify how the system works in a certain setting > 3. By helping Logitech with testing by being able to easily test and > compare behavior of the latest version of all active branches. (when > MySQL->SQLite, onebrowser and SBS->LMS was all done in parallel I can > imagine that this point can easily use up a few instances by itself) > 4. To make it easy to switch to a working configuration if something is > committed to trunk temporarily breaks the latest nightly > 5. To make it easy to do testing of own scripts/plugins towards multiple > server versions if you want to support multiple server versions and not > just the latest major release > > Personally, I've only 4 instances running simultaneously > - One which is used for production usage (my own music listening). > - One on a SheevaPlug which is sometimes used to test on slow hardware. > - One on a VortexBox installation on a laptop which is used for ripping > and to verify that the music looks ok before I scan it into my > production setup. > - One which is used for development, this instance can easily be > switched between different versions and configurations but I only run > one at a specific time. > (I would probably be able to merge the production setup with the > VortexBox, but sometimes it's flexible to have them separate) > > And of course, in my case I actually run each server on separate > hardware/virtual machines and I'm mainly needing them for > development/test purposes, but they do run simultaneously. > The main reason for a "normal" end user to run multiple servers would > probably be to get support for multiple libraries to avoid putting the > music from the whole family into one single library.Humm...so, Mormon family, > then?
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