Guest Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hi, I got myself an old HP Proliant DL380 G7, with dual X5650s, 48GB Ram (Soon to be 96GB) and a bunch of SAS drives, which I am planning to use for rendering next to my WS. My question is, how would I most efficiently use it for rendering if I decide to install Linux on it, while running Windows on my WS? Currently I have all my projects and files on dropbox, but I am considering moving it all to a NAS in my network so that they can both run from that. How would you guys setup that kind of rendering? Does Hqueue support that right out of the box, or would something like Qube! be better? Cheers,Jonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I know that Qube!, Deadline, etc. supports path mapping which should make it all easier.But Houdini Indie doesn't support 3rd party rendering, does that include managers like previously mentioned applications? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsak Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi I don't think there are any limitations as to what render manager you can use with indie as long as the render engine is Mantra. -b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi Bonsak, Thank you very much, if that is the case then all is good. Now I'll just have to figure out how to configure the server most efficiently. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourfather Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) If you have a bunch of Linux render nodes it's worth the hassle of working around two different platforms. If it's just one render node then I'd use the same operating system on both. It'll save you a bunch of headaches. One way to use it would be through a queue manager. You could also let Mantra distribute tiles across machines for large image renders. mantra -H localhost,anotherhost,yetanother You can put that into a Mantra output driver for the command parameter. EDIT: Just realized this was a really old post. Sorry for bringing it back from the dead. Edited August 29, 2016 by lukeiamyourfather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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