Hi Arjo, So as Mark stated, the slaves must be 64 bit if that is what the workstation is running, yes? Just want to be sure... I had never thought about it being a problem using my old 32bit machines as slaves with a new 64bit machine. Too bad money for new hardware doesn't grow on trees :)
Brandon >Hi Mark, > >I'm pleased to inform you that you can keep at least some of your money >in your pocket ;) >32 and 64 bit can be mixed without problems. >The slaves don't need to be as heavily equipped as the main work station. >Only my workstation is running on 64bit, all the slaves are still on 32bit. >When I render an image of my rather complex city it takes 3.2 G RAM on >my workstation. >But for the slaves 1 Gig of RAM is enough. >I used to have slaves with 512 K, but that has become too little, so I >updated them to 1 or 2 Gig. > >Arjo. > >Mark Heuymans wrote: >> Hi Arjo, >> Oops, right... that also means all render slaves have to be 64bit and >> have plenty of RAM when working with large plants.
