Satellite rendering has always been a total nightmare IMHO. You'd be better off buying additional licenses.
-Paul On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Sven Constable <[email protected]>wrote: > this is how I plan to do it. Should work, right? :) I'm not sure if its > possible to run two raysats on the same machine, each from an other > "source". But I'd like to use satellite rendering also on the workstation, > even when the nodes acting as satellites for the batchrender nodes already. > > sven > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sven > Constable > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 20:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: batch render licenses with satellites (mr) > > Thanks for your answer. > For the 24 machines... yeah, I meant it as a possible scenario. I agree, it > will not be very efficient to use four sattelites. What I maybe will do, is > using five machines for batch.exe (as I'm doing right now) and buying five > more machines for raysat.exe only. So each of the original nodes uses one > additional machine as a satellite. No machine is supposed to run > xsibatch.exe AND raysat.exe together. > > Btw. I asked it here, because my local reseller closed its doors. > > sven > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen > Blair > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 20:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: batch render licenses with satellites (mr) > > For satellite, it is four machines, not four CPUs. > Counting CPUs and cores was too much hassle so they hardcoded the satellite > limit at four machines. > > > It should be possible, but if you had 24 machines you'd probably be better > off getting some more batch licenses. > > "each acting as a satellite for > one of the other 5 nodes" > > It sounds like you want render nodes to use satellites, and also to be > satellites. At the same time. > I don't think that's a good idea. If I remember correctly we (Softimage) > used to say "don't do that". > > > > Steve > > > On 27/02/2013 1:58 PM, Sven Constable wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I'm planning to extend my small renderfarm (mental ray). > > One softimage network license comes with 5 batch licenses plus one > > interactive license for softimage itself, which acts as a full > batchrender > > license when softimage is not used. > > So far so good but... AD says that xsibatch.exe can also use up to 4 > > satellite CPUs. > > If all render nodes are single CPU systems...does this mean, I could > > (theoretically) utilitize 24 (6x4) machines with batch rendering? > > (Six nodes, each running one xsibatch.exe and four satellite nodes > > each). With one softimage license? > > > > I know about the pros and cons regarding distributed tile rendering > > but that's an other story. The question is, is this possible? Maybe > > someone tried it already. Of course bigger studios doesn't care about > > it, but > small > > shops or single freelancers could make some use out of it. I could > > just throw 5 additional rendernodes into the farm, each acting as a > > satellite > for > > one of the other 5 nodes. Would cost me a third of a 2nd softimage > license, > > that I wouldn't use anyway... > > > > greets > > Sven > > > > >
