> 
> Yes, okay, tunnelling over ssh is perfectly okay from the security point 
> of view. Especially if one can make sure that the POV server port is 
> not directly accessible from the internet...
> 

Yeah, a render farm behind a firewall is the target I have in mind.

> 
>>        Say we have 20 computers, and each task takes 100 minutes total
>>(per computer). 5 percent parse overhead means 5 minutes per computer is
>>spent parsing, and the remaining 95 rendering. That means that (20 cpus
>>* 5 minutes parsing/cpu = 100 ) cpu-minutes are spent parsing and (20
>>cpus * 95 minutes rendering/cpu = 1900 ) cpu-minutes are spent
>>rendering. So the complete overhead is 100 cpu-minutes out of the 2000
>>total, which is still 5%, not 100%. Remember, my patch only parses once
>>per machine, not once per tile :)
>>
> 
> You're certainly correct here. What I was calculating is: we could render 
> one complete image from the produced overhead. So, the overhead is 
> 100% of the CPU cycles required to render one image. 
> 
> 

One subimage (tile), not one full-sized image :)


>>Also, we have a great program called RendView for anims, I'm aiming this
>>   program at accelerating high-quality stills :)
>>
> 
> So, if you have any suggestions / improvements or find bugs in this program, 
> please let me know. 
> 
> Wolfgang
> 

I will, and I've wanted to check out your other cool patches as well. 
I've just been so busy lately that I can't even work on my own stuff. 
You've been super-productive lately. What's your secret? :)


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