On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:06 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
> There are a class of hyper-cheap USB audio dongles with very uncomplicated
> mixer models. A small flotilla of those might get you some fault-tolerance.
> My main thought on such things relates to servers, where power consumption
> isn't really much of an issue....
I'm not sure what servers you're talking about here.
If by server you mean one of those things in a rack at Amazon or Google or
Rackspace - power consumption, and its consequence, cooling - is *the* major
issue these days. Also, the servers used in such data centers don't have
multiple free USB inputs - they may not have any.
If by server you mean some quite low-power box in someone's home ... power is
again an issue. People want these things small, fan-free, and dead reliable.
And they are increasingly aware of the electric bills always-on devices produce.
About the only "server" for which power is not an issue is one of those
extra-large desktops that small businesses use.
-- Jerry
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