It is definitely something to think of/consider. Thanks for the input. On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Henk D. Schoneveld <belca...@zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Size of 1 system 8 * 8.5 * 2.25 inches, so they are very small just a > little bigger then an Apple Mini. > So 8 of them doen’t take that much space, you can stack them. > > On 29 Sep 2014, at 18:37, Ryan M <rymerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yeah really the actual space/room is the issue there, not sure where i'd > > put that. > > With PPSS, it looks like it distributes the encoding of different files > > over the available resources, it wouldn't spread a single encoding job > over > > them correct? > Yes that’s correct. If 1 resource becomes free, job done, it takes the > next file to be done. > > I do need a way to automate ffmpeg instances so more jobs > > can run at the same time. > You can run as many jobs as you do have CPU cores, with 8 systems being > DualCore, 16 jobs at once. > > My jobs aren't just a bunch of files sitting in > > a directory, it is querying a db for files that need to be encoded in > > various ways. > You could run multiple instances of PPSS, with different encoding > parameters. You could query your DB for files with ffmpeg parameters X, > make symlinks to Directory X > and > another query for files with parameters Y and make symlinks to directory Y > One PPSS instance runs the X and another instance runs the Y symlinks > directory. > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Henk D. Schoneveld <belca...@zonnet.nl > > > > wrote: > > > >> Why wouldn’t it be realistic ? > >> Have a look at https://code.google.com/p/ppss/ to distribute jobs over > >> the amount of systems you have and works like a charm. > >> On 29 Sep 2014, at 17:05, Ryan M <rymerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I don't know that it is realistic to have 8 systems running though. > If I > >>> can pay more and have the approx same amount of throughput with one > >> system, > >>> that would be better. > >> In what way would it be better, less room, yes but that’s very expensive > >> room you pay for in my opinion. > >>> I just don't want to pay like $4k more (for the > >>> Xeon vs Haswell-EP) and only get a few more fps out of it. If stepping > >> up > >>> to Xeon allows ~40fps like Sean said then it is probably worth it. > >> Thank > >>> you very much for the input. > >>> > >>> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Henk D. Schoneveld < > belca...@zonnet.nl> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On 28 Sep 2014, at 13:13, Henk D. Schoneveld <belca...@zonnet.nl> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 26 Sep 2014, at 18:36, Ryan M <rymerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I am putting together hardware to encode a large and ever growing > >>>> catalog > >>>>>> of video using ffmpeg/x264. Much of the source video is 1080p > >> ProResHQ. > >>>>>> Currently I have a box with a Haswell 4770k CPU which gets around > >> 12-15 > >>>>>> fps, I am of course looking to increase that as much as possible. > >>>>> Have a look at > >>>> > >> > http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-5960X+%40+3.00GHz&id=2332 > >>>>> and compare with > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-4770K+%40+3.50GHz&id=1919 > >>>>> or in 1 view > >>>>> http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1919&cmp[]=2364 > >>>>> 7 times the price for less then 2 times the performance. > >>>>> Spreading the task over more much cheaper CPU’s gives you more bang > for > >>>> the buck if realtime encoding isn’t needed. > >>>>> You could use 8 Dual Celeron systems to get the same performance as 1 > >>>> E5-2690 where CPU cost would be 8x52.45 vs. 1x2299.99 Of course > >>>> motherboards etc are needed and housing but a low cost MB and Housing > >> can > >>>> be bought at < 100.00 a piece. 8*(100+52.45) ~ 1220.00 > >>>>> Saved more then $1.000 And the Xeon still needs a motherboard and > case > >>>> of course. > >>>> The CPU Mark and single thread performance are good indicators for > >>>> relative ffmpeg encoding speeds. I do have i5 i7 and the named > Celerons > >>>> which I compared extensively with the same source files and encoding > >>>> parameters. > >>>> Disk I/O isn’t any problem, think of it, 5 times BluRay bitrates > results > >>>> in 90Kb/s < 12MB/s. Every modern disk has no problem with that and > even > >>>> old-fashioned nics, 100Mb/s can cope with that. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Trying to determine if getting the latest dual CPU Xeon (such as > >> E5-2690 > >>>>>> v3) setup is going to be worth the significant additional cost over > >> the > >>>>>> best Haswell-E (Core i7-5960X). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I've read lots of articles/posts and it is not clear to me. I know > >>>> worth > >>>>>> is subjective but looking to know if there'll be significant > increase > >> in > >>>>>> fps using 2 Xeons. I need to justify the $6-7k price tag. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Any insight/experience would be appreciated. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> thanks > >>>>>> Ryan > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> ffmpeg-user mailing list > >>>>>> ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > >>>>>> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> ffmpeg-user mailing list > >>>>> ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > >>>>> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> ffmpeg-user mailing list > >>>> ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > >>>> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> ffmpeg-user mailing list > >>> ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > >>> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ffmpeg-user mailing list > >> ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > >> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > ffmpeg-user mailing list > > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
