Re: [RDD] Server for playout?

2019-10-10 Thread Robert Jeffares
Oh So True! On 11/10/19 9:11 AM, Cowboy wrote: I once saw a RAID-5 fail, where the first disk had failed months prior, but because it automatically kept going, no one knew until it failed in a non-recoverable catastrophic way. Same happened here on the one server that held all the spots

Re: [RDD] Server for playout?

2019-10-10 Thread Cowboy
On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:35:07 -0500 Tom Van Gorkom wrote: > I would like to hear about other good setups as well since I plan to > rebuild the servers in the next few months (still on CentOS 6.9). A lot of > the decision depends on how big your operation is. We run client/server with full

Re: [RDD] Server for playout?

2019-10-10 Thread Tom Van Gorkom
I've had the same question before. 5 years ago when I first set up our Rivendell network, I decided to go with master and slave servers and put clients (6 of them) in the production and main airplay studios. I have never had an issue with this setup but I always make sure that the master server is

Re: [RDD] Server for playout?

2019-10-10 Thread Rob Landry
Wherever possible, I run standalone Rivendell machines. The "server" is the "client". I do this because with a standalone machine no network failure can make the radio station go silent. With a client/server implementation, the audio is being transmitted in the form of data packets from

[RDD] Server for playout?

2019-10-10 Thread Mark Murdock
Would it be a good idea, bad idea or indifferent to use a Rivendell server as the on-air playout machine? Is it best to use a client for this purpose? Thanks, Mark Murdock KAMB 90 E. 16th St. Merced, CA 95340 (209) 723-1015 m...@celebrationradio.com