thanks guys for the shared experiences. i didnt intended to turn this
thread into a render manager comparsion but found it highly
interesting nevertheless :) you cant really judge the tools from their
websites or jsut demos (ok demos ARE better than websites). but
getting to know how they handle in the field is a appreciated
information!
ciao
franky
Monday, May 8, 2006, 11:19:15 AM, you wrote:
SES> We use RR here - and find it great! Run XSI and Maya together!!
SES>
SES> S.
SES>
SES>
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SES> Sandy Sutherland Digital Doodeller - TD
SES> The Refinery (Cape) http://www.therefinery.co.za
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SES> ________________________________
SES> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
SES> Of Alan Jones
SES> Sent: Monday 08 May 2006 10:48 AM
SES> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
SES> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Batch and 64 bit
SES>
SES> We ditched rush here for a couple of reasons.
SES> Despite having full reverse lookup on our DNS it just didn't work - it
SES> requires you to reconfigure your entire network to suite it (static IPs
SES> are mandatory). A system can't truly be considered scalable if you have
SES> to manually enter an IP for every machine. I don't even manually install
SES> a new machine here - let alone assign an IP by hand.
SES> In order to get an acceptable level of integration and usability (read
SES> simplicity) it required a lot of work. Most of which I'd already put in
SES> and had it integrated within XSI menus etc, but the reliability without
SES> reconfiguring the network was pants.
SES> We never got a same day response on support and given the amount of work
SES> it needed to get it performing it certainly didn't justify the price
SES> tag. I modified DrQueue to work with XSI, but am now just going to code
SES> something from scratch.
SES> The extra effort gets paid back with complete flexibility, working a lot
SES> on something that you still don't have complete (source code) access to
SES> isn't worthwhile. At least not when it's just a farm manger. To justify
SES> the money (at least for something as relatively simple as a farm manger)
SES> it has to work flawlessly with minimal effort. Which from everyone I've
SES> spoken to XSI farms about Royal Render does.
SES> Cheers,
SES> Alan.
SES> On 5/7/06, Stefan Andersson <sanders3d(at)gmail.com> wrote:
SES> well, first of all. I haven't used RR at all... so I can't really
SES> compare. But here is why we chose Rush over RR in terms of features.
SES> 1.) You can use as many applications as you want without having to pay
SES> an extra fee. With RR you need to pay a fee. As we are a post house we
SES> not only do 3D, but a lot of projects are also done in Combustion and
SES> After Effects.
SES> 2.) Scalability, this is where Rush really shines out. You can write
SES> your own render scripts (quite easily) to also do other automated
SES> tasks. It's totaly open and you can modify it as you wish. This is
SES> probably the number "ONE" when it comes to chosing.
SES> 3.) Stability. Rush has never failed on me as a render dispatcher
SES> (batchserv *shudder*).
SES> 4.) Platforms. It runs on Windows (32 & 64), Linux, Irix, Mac OSX.
SES> I hope it helps
SES> stefan andersson
SES> On 5/6/06, Frank Lenhard <franky(at)ixdream.com> wrote:
>> just out of curiosity, what justifies the huge price gap of rush over
>> royal render and why do you use it? sooner or later i have to look for
>> a "real" render management solution myself.
>>
>>
>> ciao
>> franky
>>
>>
>> Saturday, May 6, 2006, 7:00:24 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> SA> *cough* Rush *cough*
>>
>>
>> SA> On 5/3/06, Axel Akesson < axel(at)passion-pictures.com
SES> <mailto:axel(at)passion-pictures.com> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *cough* Royal *cough* Render *cough*
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ;-)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ________________________________
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
SES> Behalf Of
>> >> Fabrice Altman
>> >> Sent: 03 May 2006 15:15
>> >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> >> Subject: RE: Batch and 64 bit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From the client side. The last time I tried ( 2 3 months ago ) I
SES> ran into
>> >> those problems :
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> - batchserve client would not install on a X64 machine with XSI 64
SES> bit
>> >> installed
>> >>
>> >> saying something like it could not find XSI (!)
>> >>
>> >> - could not find a 64 bit version of MySQL ODBC driver.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Maybe it's time to look at other farm management options.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> F.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ________________________________
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
SES> Behalf Of
>> >> Lee Hallett
>> >> Sent: 03 May 2006 14:21
>> >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> >> Subject: RE: Batch and 64 bit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Is that necessary for the client side (which is running 64bit)? Or
SES> the
>> >> server side (that's running 32 bit).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee|3d animation and design..
>> >>
>> >> Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke
>> >>
>> >> There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that
SES> understand
>> >> binary, and those that don't.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> * BBC Wales | C4 graphics area | Broadcasting House|
SES> Llandaff,
>> >> Cardiff. CF5 2QY.
>> >> ( +44 (0)29 203 23370
>> >> e-* lee.hallett(at)bbc.co.uk
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
SES> Behalf Of
>> >> Stephen Blair
>> >> Sent: 03 May 2006 12:57
>> >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> >> Subject: RE: Batch and 64 bit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I believe the problem is that MySQL ODBC driver...you need a 64-bit
SES> version.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On
SES> Behalf Of
>> >> Lee Hallett
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:40 AM
>> >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> >> Subject: RE: Batch and 64 bit
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sorry to simply repost - but has anyone managed to run Batchserver
SES> (client)
>> >> with the 64bit version of 5.1 ?? It works fine with the 32bit
SES> versions, but
>> >> I cannot get the 64bit to work (don't know if it's OS or XSI
SES> related)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee|3d animation and design..
>> >>
>> >> Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke
>> >>
>> >> There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that
SES> understand
>> >> binary, and those that don't.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> * BBC Wales | C4 graphics area | Broadcasting House|
SES> Llandaff,
>> >> Cardiff. CF5 2QY.
>> >> ( +44 (0)29 203 23370
>> >> e-* lee.hallett(at)bbc.co.uk
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
SES> Behalf Of
>> >> Lee Hallett
>> >> Sent: 02 May 2006 17:38
>> >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> >> Subject: Batch and 64 bit
>> >>
>> >> How do you get Batchserver to work with 64 bit XSI? It doesn't seem
SES> to want
>> >> to play...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lee|3d animation and design..
>> >>
>> >> Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke
>> >>
>> >> There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that
SES> understand
>> >> binary, and those that don't.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> * BBC Wales | C4 graphics area | Broadcasting House|
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>> >> Cardiff. CF5 2QY.
>> >> ( +44 (0)29 203 23370
>> >> e-* lee.hallett(at)bbc.co.uk
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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