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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.

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Shake Qmaster (the interface for
submitting jobs for distributed
processing)

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Shake Qadministrator

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Batch Monitor utility

Shake Qmaster
Services

On cluster computers:

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service nodes: The computers
that perform the actual processing
of jobs.

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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.

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Shake Qmaster pane in System
Preferences