... and how did it react?
TLDR: wow, it just worked!
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My setup is: I have a Windows desktop that I use for the MC server. All the media files reside on my data server. I also have a MC client that I interact with via a remote and the TV.
OK...
I have posted here previously about the caching of media by a MC client. I admired the engineering behind such caching.
Well, this evening (in my playfulness) ( and, yes, I fully admit I was trying to challenge MC) I did the following:
I started to listen to a song on the MC client. The song was a long one (War on Drugs - Thinking of a Place).
While the song was playing, I rebooted the MC server.
From the perspective of the MC client, i.e., what I was listening to, that reboot was transparent.
In other words, it seems that the MC client had cached enough media data that the reboot of the MC server was inconsequential.
OK, I've written a lot of software, and this type of caching and resilience does not happen by chance.
It is designed and implemented.
Kudos to the MC developers!
Wow, just friggin' wow.
Take a bow.
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