Forum: Carrara


Subject: Network Rendering: Operating System similarity?

Boogeyman opened this issue on Dec 19, 2005 ยท 4 posts


Boogeyman posted Mon, 19 December 2005 at 4:29 PM

Hey Everyone, I was wondering about the similar operating system requirement for Network Rendering. Are Win 2K and Win XP machines considered "the same" to the NR tool? Any thoughts/comments/advice would be super-appreciated. Thanks! Todd


charlesb posted Wed, 21 December 2005 at 2:17 AM

You can use any combination of Windows operating systems (2000, XP, 98 ...) You can also combine MacOsX and Windows although I would not recommend it since there are some differences in that case (for instance, with Physics). Charles


logican12000 posted Wed, 21 December 2005 at 6:22 AM

My main system is Win2K Pro (SP4) and I use a laptop with Win XP Home on it as a render node. Only done a few renders like this but not had any problems so far. Regards Tony


Boogeyman posted Wed, 21 December 2005 at 9:01 AM

Thanks for the info, gents! I really appreciate it. I'm glad that the O/S distribution can be somewhat heterogenous... I was crossing my fingers that I wouldn't have to cough up a few more Windows XP licenses, especially at this time of year. That's great news! Thanks again! Todd