i have used both but i prefer linux. server 2k3 is to much of a resource hog. i would love to try this out in a small server environment thing is i dont have any machiens with me at the moment to test mdns out on they r all back in the states<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Ashley Pittman <<a href="mailto:apittman@concurrent-thinking.com">apittman@concurrent-thinking.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>There are two parts to mdns, automatic address configuration and then<br>the advertising of services on top of those addresses. I'm not sure<br>
which of these you are asking about, I realised after I'd hit send that<br>my answer only applied to the second of these.<br><br>At home I use what according to Wikipedia is called DNS-SD to enable<br>rythmbox on my desktop to automatically discover the daap servers on<br>
either my Mac (iTunes) or on another Linux machine (firefly media<br>server). I'm (just) young enough never to have used a Windows desktop<br>so I can't comment on what active directory offers.<br><br>Unfortunately with Multicast I think network bottle necks are a fact of<br>
life and on network with static hardware configuration it really is<br>better to have a static software configuration as well.<br><br>What problem are you trying to solve?<br><font color="#888888"><br>Ashley Pittman.<br></font>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 16:26 +0200, Jon Aquilina wrote:<br>> can u clarify what you mean by sound server. so basically what you are<br>> telling me if there is a windows dns server (active directory in<br>
> server 2k3) mdns can replace the active directory server? also is<br>> there a way to curtail the network bottle necks?<br>><br>><br>> On 7/7/08, Ashley Pittman <<a href="mailto:apittman@concurrent-thinking.com">apittman@concurrent-thinking.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 15:59 +0200, Jon Aquilina wrote:<br>> > is mdns strictly for the mac os or can it be incorporated<br>> into any<br>> > linux cluster??<br>><br>> It works under Linux, my sound server at home and the printers<br>
> at work<br>> use this quite satisfactorily.<br>><br>> I would caution against using it in a cluster however, it's<br>> design-goal<br>> and benefit are to handle changing network environments where<br>
> devices<br>> are being added to and removed from the network<br>> frequently. This is the<br>> polar opposite of what you should try and aim for in a cluster<br>> where the<br>
> hardware configuration is known in advance and for the most<br>> part<br>> constant. In addition it used to be the case there were<br>> performance<br>> issues associated with using zeroconf on large networks and<br>
> the last<br>> thing you want in a cluster is additional network traffic<br>> clogging up<br>> the system.<br>><br>> Ashley Pittman.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>
> --<br>> Jonathan Aquilina<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jonathan Aquilina