Thanks for everyone's advice! Certainly a lot to play with to get things cooking. We're using Arnold BTW.
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 7:25 AM, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be really helpful Holger, and much appreciated :-) > > //Morten > > > > > Den 23. maj 2016 klokken 15:39 skrev Schoenberger <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > PS: > > I am currently creating a small tool to test the network transfer speed > from a fileserver to multiple machines at the same time for > > our own investigation. I think I can release that to the public once it > is finished (in a week?). > > > > > > > > Holger Schönberger > > technical director > > The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night > > > > > > > > |> -----Original Message----- > > |> From: [email protected] > > |> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > |> Of Morten Bartholdy > > |> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 10:43 AM > > |> To: Steve Parish; [email protected] > > |> Subject: Re: Maya the server destroyer > > |> > > |> Hmm - we don't really have any problems with Maya and RR > > |> even on large scenes. As Ed said, when simulating, cache > > |> locally and distribute the cache to render clients in a > > |> local temp folder - this lightens the network load quite a > > |> lot, and definately use tiled, mipmapped textures if your > > |> renderer supports it. With Arnold this makes a huge difference. > > |> > > |> We actually only have problems which are more related to > > |> Vray being a memoryhog. Perhaps you have other bottleneck > > |> in your network? > > |> > > |> //Morten > > |> > > |> > > |> > > |> > Den 20. maj 2016 klokken 19:16 skrev Steve Parish > > |> <[email protected]>: > > |> > > > |> > > > |> > My Maya misery continues.. > > |> > > > |> > We can't seem to be able to submit jobs without bringing > > |> the server to > > |> > its knees. Anything with simulation or large scenes just jams > > |> > everything up. I can only really submit to 3 machines. > > |> > > > |> > We're using Royal Render.. > > |> > > > |> > Any suggestions? > > |> > > > |> > Thanks > > |> > Steve P > > |> > ------ > > |> > Softimage Mailing List. > > |> > To unsubscribe, send a mail to > > |> [email protected] with "unsubscribe" > > |> in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > |> ------ > > |> Softimage Mailing List. > > |> To unsubscribe, send a mail to > > |> [email protected] with "unsubscribe" > > |> in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > > > > ------ > > Softimage Mailing List. > > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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