Is LVS a solution for a renderfarm

[Jacob Coby]

Jason wrote:
> I was just curious if LVS could be used to set up a 3d render farm.  Ie.
> Maya renderer installed in the front and when it receives a request to
> render all the resources on the nodes behind it would be available for
> rendering.  This would cut costs substantially as you wouldn't need a
> license for each node.

It really depends on the protocol Maya uses.  LVS is pretty in the dark 
about how to distribute data, it simply moves packets around and does 
load balancing.  It can handle just about any protocol, with a few 
exceptions.

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> Thanks for your replys
> 
> Jason
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