Warp schrieb:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> I presume the machine is essentially a cluster, so not much luck there: 
>> You'll have a huge number of dual- or quad-core machines to crunch away 
>> at a single frame of an animation each, but that'll be about it. 
>> Unfortunately, although 3.7 is SMP-ready, it isn't "network-ready" yet.
> 
>   I think there's some support in linux to make a cluster look like a
> bunch of local processors.

If there really is, then be prepared for some serious performance 
degradation, at least with some features (most notably radiosity, 
probably also photons, and a few "smaller" ones like crackle patterns) 
which rely on shared memory.

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