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it needs one netgraph node... fullstop
it uses negligable kernel ram per session
1node handles lots of sessions


On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 03:29 PM 7/22/2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 
> >Why not just use mpd?
> 
> Because it's completely inadequate as a server. It needs one
> Netgraph node, and a complete configuration, for every possible
> client that might ever connect to it. And if lots of clients
> connect, it eats tons of kernel RAM.
> 
> We might use mpd as a client, but not a server.
> 
> --Brett
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