> It is kludgy to say the least if you're inserting data into Fred from > another machine. The data sent back and forth over the wire (even through > localhost) is simply unecessary and wasteful.
Is this an argument for or against doing FEC in Fred? It looks like it is for. > Also, using Fred to do FEC encoding means Fred is now extremely busy, > meaning I cannot FEC encode another file at the same time with the same > node. By moving the encoding offline, in the long run inserts will be > faster. Whether the work is being done in the same VM, or a different VM, it is still consuming the same resources, namely the processor cycles and memory of the user's machine. It really shouldn't make much difference, except that running two JVMs consumes more resources than running one. Ian. -- Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]|locut.us|cematics.com] Latest Project http://locut.us/ Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ian/
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