I'm curious, what is used, hardware-wise, for Network MIDI? Does network MIDI use a separate physical layer, separate from other network traffic? Or is layer-2 or -3 QoS used?
At work, our largest cluster uses Ethernet for front-end traffic, but uses Infiniband for back-end storage traffic (Lustre).
I wonder if studios etc. have looked at Infiniband for Network MIDI traffic. The low latency of Infiniband might be helpful! And (as I understand it) since MIDI is fairly low-bandwidth, older Infiniband technologies (like DDR) could be used, to save money.
That's right. But many studios will have a separate Ethernet network for MIDI traffic different from the internet and file transfer traffic in the studio.
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 20.5 ms ] threadAt work, our largest cluster uses Ethernet for front-end traffic, but uses Infiniband for back-end storage traffic (Lustre).
I wonder if studios etc. have looked at Infiniband for Network MIDI traffic. The low latency of Infiniband might be helpful! And (as I understand it) since MIDI is fairly low-bandwidth, older Infiniband technologies (like DDR) could be used, to save money.
Simple Ethernet is more than good enough... but of course the lower the latency, the better.