rc5 remote buffer syntax

[JC]

Can't seem to get the syntax right for 'remote buffer directory'.......keep getting 'remote buffers currently not available', which I suppose means I don't have the path right. What's the correct path syntax here?

thanks.

 

[Orange Kid]

A bump for ya,

Never used this. remote buffers that is.

Would a pproxy work?. they are pertty easy to set up.

 

[RaySun2Be]

Boy, what a flashback. I haven't run RC5 for a long time (back when a Cely300A@450 was hot stuff 😉 ), which means I can't remember the exact syntax. Sorry. Bump for you though.

What I do remember (and it may have changed) was that using the remote buffers (storing wus on a networked folder) was problematic and running PProxy took care of things.

Hopefully someone will come along who uses RC5 and help out.

🙂

oh, and it might help troubleshoot if you posted the path syntax you are currently using. 🙂

 

[BGod]

Ray is completely right on this. Remote buffers are totally not the way to go.

If two machines happen to go for a block at the same time (happens more often than you think it would) you wind up with a record lock and no machine can access the buffer file any more. The only way to unlock the buffer file is to re-boot the machine.

A personal proxy is very easy to set up and uses FIFO (first in, first out) to keep your blocks nice and fresh. I used to run one out at work with 10 machines fetching/flushing and never had a hickup on an old Gateway P5-133 non MMX. It also served as an in-house Apache server.

Give it a try!