Apple Shake (Qmaster 1.2) Distributed Rendering (10.3) - Manual (Page 9)

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Step 6: Use Disk Utility to configure the media disk
The second disk in the Xserve will be the media storage volume. All of the client and cluster
computers will use this same drive for all of the source and destination render media.
Important: This step assumes the disk is new and doesn’t contain content you need to
save. If this is a volume that already has data on it, skip this step.
Use Disk Utility (located in /Applications/Utilities) to erase (format) your new disk,
creating a clean disk.
Note: If you are using an Xserve RAID instead of a second Xserve disk, use the RAID
administration tools to configure it and then use Disk Utility to erase (format) the disk.
Step 7: Use WorkGroup Manager to configure sharing for the media disk
On the Xserve, open WorkGroup Manager (located in /Applications/Utilities), and use it
to configure the media disk as a
share point that automounts to all of the client
computers and cluster nodes. (Share points are volumes that you have made accessible
over the network. Automounting means that the volume is automatically mounted by
the computers in the same NetInfo domain.) In the WorkGroup Manager, go to the
Sharing pane and be sure to do the following:
• Select the media disk.
• Enable Sharing for the media disk, and give everyone Read and Write access to it.
• In the Protocols pane, choose NFS Export Settings and make sure that you enable
exporting to World.
Do not select mapping options and do not select Read only.
• In the Automount pane:
• Select the option to automount to clients in the domain.
• Mount dynamically in /Network/Servers/.
• Select NFS as the protocol.
Important: Be aware that the “export to World” setting could be a security risk for your
content if the network you are using is connected to the Internet without firewall protection.
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