Tom Galvin wrote:
>>>
>>>Is filesystem based, 
>>
>>It is not, RTFM.
>>
> 
> 
> I read:
> 
>    "Right now the exchange of data between the different computers
>     rendering a scene works via the file system. This allows distributed
>     renders on any group of computers that have access to a common 
>     directory via SMB, NFS, etc. It is well possible to extend this with 
>     exchange via ftp, email or any other network protocol by writing 
>     additional scripts."
> 

That's completely right - but as the text says this distributed 
rendering framework is not limited to file system based communication. 
It is quite straight away to extend it to any other transport - the 
system is designed to make this relatively easy.  I am pretty sure 
though that using the file system is the most convenient way for most 
people (for using email to exchange data for example it would be 
extremely necessary to implement a signing/encryption system which would 
be more difficult to set up).

Christoph

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