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The Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing System
Computers that submit batches to Apple Qmaster are called clients. An Apple Qmaster
job is a processing task in the form of a Shake file, or other file or commands, that uses
UNIX commands to specify settings such as rendering instructions and file locations and
destinations.
Batch of
processing jobs
Client computer
Jobs are submitted.
Destination folder
Files are placed at
specified destination.
Processed
files
Apple Qmaster cluster
Processing is
performed by cluster.
Network
Although a batch can include just one job, you will typically want to submit several jobs
at once for processing. Similarly, several people can use the same Apple Qmaster system
at the same time, with several client computers sending batches in the same time frame.
Batches are managed and distributed by the computer that is designated as the
Apple Qmaster cluster controller. For more information, see the
Distributed Processing Setup Guide, available in Apple Qmaster Help.
Clients
Batches are submitted for processing from the client computers. A client computer can
be any computer that has Apple Qmaster installed and is on the same network as the
cluster controller. Multiple client computers can be on the same network, using the same
cluster to do the processing for various applications. See Submitting Batches with the
Apple Qmaster Application for details.
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