Network

Distributed Stellar

The following options are available:


Option	Description
Enable distributed rendering	Lets you use a compute cluster for raytracing with the Stellar engine.This enables performance enhancement. If a sufficiently large number of cluster nodes are chosen, raytracing speed is significantly faster. For low numbers of nodes, you can expect an almost linear speedup depending on the chosen render options. For more nodes, scalability is limited by the parallelizable portion of the executed code (which is larger than 99%), the network bandwidth between the nodes of the cluster, your machine, and the cluster head node. Data needs to be exchanged between your machine and the cluster head node, and between the nodes of the cluster.
Cluster host name	Specifies the host name of the cluster head node.
Cluster port	Specifies the port where to access the cluster.

The following options are available:


Option	Description
Enable distributed rendering	Lets you use a compute cluster for raytracing with the Iray engine.
Cluster host name	Specifies the host name of the cluster head node.
Cluster port	Specifies the port where to access the cluster.
VCA	Lets you use VCA instead of Remote Server. In that case, the Cluster port is not relevant.
Check server status	Checks the communication. If it fails, the address and the port are invalid or the server does not start.
Shutdown server	Shuts down the server.

The following options are available:


Option	Description
User	Lets you enter the user name.
Password	Lets you enter a password.
Sign in...	Checks if you are granted on the VCA and if the address is valid. If you are granted: The number of the available compute nodes appears. You can enter a number of nodes under this limit.
Reserved Nodes	Specifies the number of reserved nodes. To reserve additional nodes, click Reserve more....

These options help you configure your proxy.

To access the options, select the Use proxy check box.

You can enter an address, a port, a user, and a password.