Dependency hell is not an issue with apt/yum/smart package managers.
hmm, i've found it to be worse when using apt/yum ... especially when i used apt-rpm on FC1 ...
so is there any performance gain / other reason to separate out frontend and backend?
Performance, noise and heat are the main reasons. Put your backend with lots of drives somewhere it can be hot and loud, and do commercial-cutting without impacting playback performance on the frontend (really only an issue if your frontend has a cpu just barely able to keep up).
ahh ... didn't think of the noise issue ... really need to get a bigger case for my file server (it's a Dell Optimon case w/ room for only 2 drives), then maybe i can move them over ... how much "beef" does a backend need to be decent? right now, my front and back-end machine is a P4 1.6GHz with 768MB RAM (don't recall offhand FSB speeds or anything ... it was a Dell Dimension 4400, but the mobo's been upgraded quite a bit since then) ...
i think once i redo my HTPC box (i'm leaning towards gentoo), i'll set it up this way, depending on feedback as far as what a specs backend should need ... (admittedly, i haven't read on the website if there's info on this, so don't flame me for not doing that yet ... i'm going to as soon as i put my son to bed :P)
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