Apple Shake (Qmaster 1.2) Distributed Rendering (10.3) - Manual (Page 3)

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Sample Setup for Part-Time Rendering
on Desktop Computers
In this sample setup, five computers act as both the clients (user workstations from
which users submit Shake jobs for distributed rendering) and the cluster computers
(which do the rendering). Each computer has an additional volume, such as a FireWire
drive, that is used for media before and after it is rendered, and for the associated
Shake scripts.
The steps that follow describe how to configure the desktop rendering environment
shown above. They assume that these computers are already connected to each other
on a network.
Step 1: Install Shake and Shake Qmaster
The necessary components of Shake and Shake Qmaster need to be installed on each
computer. For instructions, refer to the
Installing Your Software booklet that came
with Shake.
Network
FireWire
drive
FireWire
drive
FireWire
drive
FireWire
drive
FireWire
drive
Each computer acts as:
• A Shake Qmaster client that sends Shake jobs for rendering
• A service node that performs distributed rendering
All source and output files are stored on the FireWire drives.
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