Alex Campuzano1

Q: Will A Group of iMacs Be A Good Cluster for Compressor?

Sorry for the double post, but it was suggested I post this question here as well.

 

OK, so we have a FCS2 and FCS3 station here and over 15 new iMacs (i3 and i5). Questions is, will iMacs provide enough of a boost to make it worthwhile to try and set up a cluster of some kind? I'm gonna have to read up on setting one up since up to now, I've been a one man, one station deal.

 

Thanks for any opinions.

 

 

P.S. I know I would need two versions of Compressor.

Mac Pro 3 Ghz 8-Core, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 16 GB RAM, FCS 2, Cinema4D, Adobe, Kona LHe, Sony UVW-1800 Deck

Posted on Oct 26, 2011 10:16 AM

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    Alex Campuzano1 Alex Campuzano1 Oct 28, 2011 7:17 AM in response to Alex Campuzano1
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    Oct 28, 2011 7:17 AM in response to Alex Campuzano1

    I have another question on this topic. If I set up other Macs on my network to help with rendering, how smart is the software in terms of not disrupting the normal use of that remote computer?

     

    In other words, will it only take advantage of unused resources and scale as necessary? I also use Net Render from Maxon and it is an intelligent client that only uses was is not in use.

     

    Thanks.