Hi there,

We wish to build a small farm based on IBM blade centres/servers but were wondering if the lack of graphics cards is a show stopper, when the farm is being used in batch mode…

Also, will Maya batch better if there are multiple nodes, with Maya on each node, or if we use a clustered solution where there is a single *huge* virtual node to target and utilise, with a single instance of Maya.

I’ve read around but i havent found answers to these questions. Any help is appreciated :)

Many Thanks,

Paul

You don’t need a graphics card to batch (software) render…
Can’t answer your 2nd question though, would be best to either talk directly with Autodesk tech support or perhaps your local reseller.

n8skow [FA]

Thanks for this information.

I’ve tried tech support but reaching a human being on their automated service has so far proved difficult… :)

I’ll try a local reseller.

Many thanks!