Is their a way to daisy chain Mother Boards and or processors together to creat a frankinstine computer .
I have a desk top recording Studio ( Firepod ) multi track
anf it need speed and memory ?
2006-07-10 08:28:39 · 6 answers · asked by antho2820 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Yes. "Daisy Chaining" computers is called 'Clustering'.
Microsoft, and Macintosh won't help you much with this, however, Linux will.
Do some research on clustering.
Also, what you'd need for desktop audio recording is a large Hard Drive >160GB and ample amounts of RAM, (depending on your computer this made be cheap and simple, or not) I'd recomend at least 1GB for occasional (enthusiast) recording, and 2GB for more often use.
I also recomend the you fiddle with your computer's settings. Here are a few helpful changes for more speed.
Sart-> All Programs-> Accesories-> Disk Defragmentor
That will speed up the recording,
A few other tips, make shure DMA acceleration for your Hard Drives are on, increase your "buffer" or "swap" on your Hard Drive and use hardware acceleration, also use the increased buffer size in your recording program.
2006-07-10 09:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by tesla_drummer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible, however I'm sure that if you don't have the resources to by new, fast parts, then you won't have the resources to daisy-chain.
I would suggest buying a Tyan server board that supports huge amounts of RAM and multiple processors (dual core with hyperthreading processors are good-- each processor acts like 4.. put two on a board and you have 8 processors). While not built for recording, this will work very well.
I do recording too, and I have to say you won't need to go as hardcore as I just described. Just make sure you have lots of RAM
2006-07-10 15:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by lordxanadubk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I"m not sure what Firepod is, however I can tell you how to "link" computers together that will allow multi-processing capability.
Linux has the ability to utilize Beowolf and link an unlimited number of computers together. They utilize ethernet for passing the packets through so you will need to have a good switch.
Seriously, if a 2.0G processor with 1G of Ram and a stripped down XP cannot run your software there is something really wrong. You can get 2.4G IBM desktop boxes for under $200. It would be much easier for you.
2006-07-11 02:01:07 · answer #3 · answered by dapolbear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't say what you're starting with and trying to upgrade.
The person that answered clustering, that isn't cheap.
2006-07-11 01:14:02 · answer #4 · answered by James 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a way i havent herd of it or seen it... i dont think it is posible, but i could be wrong... I will be watchin this one!
2006-07-10 15:32:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
am not an expert Hware tech...sooooo i dono
2006-07-10 15:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by Ranjith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋