Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Audio synchronization, MIDI API
From: Dan Hollis (goemon_AT_sasami.anime.net)
Date: Sun Aug 15 2004 - 12:36:18 EEST
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Steve Harris wrote:
> But if youre going to do that, why use ethernet? You'd need dedicated NICs
> and switches, so you may as well use firewire, which has dedicated
> realtime channels, more bandwidth and doesnt require switching. 400meg
> Firewire cards are down to about 7 or 8 euros in the UK now.
about the same as gigabit ethernet nics :-)
but it's much easier to find a 48 port ethernet switch than a 48 port
firewire hub :-)
so topology of ethernet is easier + cheaper for large deployments.
for small cluster of 2-3 PCs firewire may be easier, as long as they're
physically near each other (few meters).
> The only disadvantage is that you can't (right now) cheaply run firewire
> over long distances, but taht will change once firewire over CAT5 cards
> come down in price, and this is rarely an issue with clusters anyway.
can you do broadcast over firewire? its one obvious usage for ethernet :-)
afaik all firewire transfers are ptp.
btw doesn't gibson have an ethernet protocol?
-Dan
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