Qmaster & Network Rendering

[tchya]

A quick description of my "farm:"
- 2 Dual 2.5 G5's with raids 8GB Ram & 2 Dual Core 2.0 G5's with 1.5GB with second internal HD
- The latest version of Qmaster/Shake/Qadministrator/ dedicates switch /
- All drives with media/scripts are networked/mount on each machine

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1) When I start a network render from one of these machines, all 4 will start to render. The issue: One of them, at random, will not pickup it's next pack of 10 once it completes it's first pack of 10. I need to open Qmaster preferences, stop sharing & then start it again in order for that machine to resume rendering.
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2) The machines will continue to render if the monitors go to sleep but the computer does not. Right?
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3) Several scripts fail in a network render with this message: 4x HOST [Shake-Render-2.local] Error: this is null!
4x HOST - I'll also get 2x & 3x depending on what machine joins the render.
Shake-Render-2.local - It's not machine specific as all my machines have been named in this tag.
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4) Renders just hang...
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I know there are endless possibilities, but is their something obvious?
Thanks,
Pete

[user_deleted]

I cant really help you with details but I can tell you that after trying to set up qmaster at two seperate facilities, I have decided that it isnt stable or reliable enough to use in production. There are always stupid bugs such as you described.

[tchya]

Thanks,
Some scripts simply crap out Qmaster. The only thing I can think of is that the two machines, that work consistantly, are on the same switch. The other 2 are on another switch but it's setup as if they're on the same.

When it does work it's a huge time-saver.

Best,
Pete