Re: [school-discuss] Taking requests

[Marilyn Hagle <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >      
> 
> 
> :)
> 
> 
> 
>       


:)