Installing shakeqmaster – Apple Shake 3.5 User Manual
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Installing Shake 3.5
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Minimum Software Configuration
m Mac OS X 10.3.2 (or later)
m QuickTime 6.5 (or later)
m 256 MB of RAM
Installing Shake Qmaster
Within the Customize dialog in the Shake installer are two separate installation components
for Shake Qmaster, each designed for a different part of a Shake Qmaster system.
Installation
Component
Where to Install It
Applications and Utilities
Installed
Shake Qmaster
Applications
On client computers: Any computer
from which you use Shake Qmaster to
submit processing jobs.
On administrator computers: Any
computer you use to create and
administer Shake Qmaster clusters. It
must be on the same network as the
clusters.
m
Shake Qmaster (the interface for
submitting jobs for distributed
processing)
m
Shake Qadministrator
m
Batch Monitor utility
Shake Qmaster
Services
On cluster computers:
m
service nodes: The computers
that perform the actual processing
of jobs.
m
cluster controller computers: The
computer that acts as the manager
of a cluster. It divides up tasks,
determines which service nodes
to send work to, and then
distributes the work.
There is only one cluster controller
per cluster.
m
Shake Qmaster pane in System
Preferences