Here are some basic recommendations for the different machines used with Qube.
- Supervisor
- All main platforms (Windows, OSX, Linux) will can run as a Supervisor regardless of the platforms used by the Workers.
- If there is a choice of platforms, Linux would be preferred as it seems to be a more stable server platform, then OSX as it has a Linux kernel, and then Windows.
- Farm Size
- 1-10 node renderfarm – Dedicated or multi-use server is fine, 4+GB RAM
- 11-50 node renderfarm – Dedicated Supervisor recommended, 4+ GB RAM
- 50-100 node renderfarm – Dedicated Supervisor recommended with higher memory (ie. 32GB)
- 100+ node renderfarm – Dedicated Supervisor recommended with max memory running Linux
- Worker
- Processor and memory recommended dependent on applications used for rendering (ie. Maya, XSI, AfterEffects, etc). In general, more memory is better.
- Client
- No real requirements from Qube as these machines are only used to submit a job. If the machine is also used for rendering or as an artist workstation, then the applications used may have some additional requirements.