On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:22:06AM +0800, Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote: > > > > If 1 scene is passed to the cluster of 10 machines, won't the whole > > cluster work on it with 10 machines simultaneously rendering the > > single scene? > > > that 1 scene is further divide into smaller scenes that are then farmed > out into the cluster. cluster computing for rendering typically > use a divide and conquer strategy to parallel computing. > > > I thought a cluster can do this, acting as a supercomputer from the > > combined cpu power of the separate machines. Hmmm, maybe I hit on a > > common misconception. > > > it may just be just be a semantic problem.
You're right about the semantic problem. It's naive of me to think that a cluster is equivalent to a supercomputer since a cluster is limited only to processes that can be sub-divided and can be distributed. But how is it that a cluster works with less overhead than a commercial render manager, as you mentioned earlier? -- Benjamin Oris Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ImagineAsia, Inc. http://www.imagineasia.com/ A Digital Animation Studio (632) 717 1111 loc. 222 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
