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distributed rendering feasibility

distributed rendering feasibility

2005-01-26       - By Melanie Tonkin

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Hello list - long time listener, first time caller here... so hello all.



I'm looking at setting up distributed rendering in a school situation,
but having read through white-papers and docs and threads, I'm a bit
dubious about the feasibility of the whole thing for my situation.. So
would greatly appreciate any advice here.  



A few things I couldn't find answers to elsewhere..



-> Does the login to batch serve HAVE to have admin privileges?  If it
absolutely does, I wont go any further because there is no way we can
have an anonymous admin login in studio..



-> I read someplace that BatchServe can be a bit dicey with Quicktime
installed.  Quicktime is another non-negotiable for the school, so once
again, a yea on this one and I will go no further...



-> Also, just to double check - xsibatch does come with xsi 4.2 advanced
doesn't it... we dont need to purchase additional software?



-> And to the people who manage this kind of thing - realistically, how
often does it need to be tweaked (after its all set up)?





+ a few key background factors -

1.Students have 24 hour access to the studios so the whole thing needs
to be fairly idiot-proof and intuitive.

2.We need a GUI, BatchServe seems to be the obvious choice..

3.We dont have dedicated renderfarm machines - they're all in studio
with XSI advanced enterprise 4.2 installed...





many thanks,

Mel


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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello list &#8211; long time listener, first time caller
here&#8230; so hello all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I'm looking at setting up distributed rendering in a school
situation, but having read through white-papers and docs and threads, I'm a bit
dubious about the feasibility of the whole thing for my situation.. So would
greatly appreciate any advice here.&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A few things I couldn&#8217;t find answers to elsewhere..<o
:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-&gt; Does the login to batch serve HAVE to have admin
privileges?&nbsp;
If it absolutely does, I wont go any further because there is no way we can
have an anonymous admin login in studio..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-&gt; I read someplace that BatchServe can be a bit dicey
with Quicktime installed.&nbsp; Quicktime is another non-negotiable for the
school,
so once again, a yea on this one and I will go no further...<o:p></o:p></span><
/font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-&gt; Also, just to double check - xsibatch does come with
xsi 4.2 advanced doesn't it... we dont need to purchase additional software?<o
:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-&gt; And to the people who manage this kind of thing -
realistically, how often does it need to be tweaked (after its all set up)?<o:p
></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>+ a few key background factors -<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1.Students have 24 hour access to the studios so the whole
thing needs to be fairly idiot-proof and intuitive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2.We need a GUI, BatchServe seems to be the obvious choice..
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3.We dont have dedicated renderfarm machines - they're all
in studio with XSI advanced enterprise 4.2 installed&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span><
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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