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Re: [school-discuss] Taking requests



Marilyn,

I got blender to work this afternoon.

There is no way this distro can be used for clustering, as it takes special and heavy modifications to the OS to make it work.

Here is the reply I got from a real Linux developer:

If your interested in clustering, here are some links that may be helpful.

http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/beowulf/tutorial/building.html
http://idea.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix/
http://clusterknoppix.sw.be/
http://overclockix.octeams.com/
http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/
http://www.purehacking.com/chaos/
http://www.rocksclusters.org/wordpress/
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/cluster/


From: Marilyn Hagle <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 7:23:42 AM
Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Taking requests

Cool.

The rendering farm consists of a server machine and slave machines (I am a
teacher, not a system administrator, so my terminology will be in the
vernacular).  :)  The server machine has two network cards - one faces the WAN
and one goes to a separate hub that connects the slave machines.

There are a couple of live CDs that automatically create clusters that almost
did the job.  One is Pelican * that is the new Parallel Knoppix.  The one I
liked better is called Instant Grid.  Instant Grid is setup to create a render
farm using PovRay.  However, the connections between PovRay and Blender and
Cinelerra are not user friendly.  I was not able to get them to work.

If you could use an Instant Grid system with Dr.. Queue and if it would render
projects from Blender and Cinelerra - that would be fabulous!!

I am looking for a system to use personally, but also a user-friendly one I can
share with other teachers.

Thanks!

Marilyn



Quoting Matt Tech <mattech75@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Marilyn,
>
> Besides blender, what other software do you need for your rendering farm?
>
> I can probably package everything for you but I have no experience with any
> of it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Marilyn Hagle <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:22:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Taking requests
>
> Matt,
>
> I look forward to testing your CD.  I use another live CD/DVD, Musix, in
> class
> all the time..  However, since our Christmas holiday starts in an hour, I
> probably will not get to play with small.iso soon.
>
> I am looking for someone to help with my render farm.  I feel like I am
> close,
> but not quite there.  Any experience with Blender, Dr. Queue, and render
> farms?
>
> Happy Holidays to all on this list!
>
>
> Marilyn
>
>
>
> Quoting Matt Tech <mattech75@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > No apology needed, no devious intent here. It's just pclinuxos with a bunch
> > of software installed on it.
> > no big deal.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Charles Cossé <ccosse@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 8:42:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Taking requests
> >
> > As I recall, "Matt" / Chris Yates showed up about 1-2 years ago and
> > was attempting some devious activity.  Of course, if I am wrong, then
> > my apologies, but I would be very careful ... it don't sound quite
> > right.
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Peter Scheie <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > I don't think Matt is abusing the list; he may just be unfamiliar with
> some
> > > of the etiquette, such as including the link to the file when he
> discusses
> > > it.
> > >
> > > For the record, in case anyone missed the previous message containing the
> > > link, the ISO can be downloaded from
> > > http://mattech.exhspace.com/mattech/small.iso
> > >
> > > I think the name, small.iso, may be a bit of a misnomer, however, as it
> is
> > > 684MB.  The hosting website does seem to have good bandwith, though.
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > Charles Cossé wrote:
> > >>
> > >> "Matt", can you please not abuse this list?  Nobody has a link, and I
> > >> seriously doubt if you have a product.
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Matt Tech <mattech75@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> For now, you all have a link to a very crude image just to see if it
> will
> > >>> work on your hardware.
> > >>>
> > >>> It currently does not run with NVidea graphics cards or on older
> > >>> machines..
> > >>>
> > >>> I am looking for requests and suggestions on what would be the best
> > >>> package
> > >>> in your view.
> > >>>
> > >>> To answer on question: Yes, this can be customized for any need, and I
> > >>> believe it should be.
> > >>>
> > >>> Your input will determine the final image, as per everyones needs.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for the interest.
> > >>>
> > >>> Matt
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > AsymptopiaSoftware|Software@theLimit
> >            http://www.asymptopia.org
> >
> >
> >
> >     
>
>
> :)
>
>
>
>     


:)