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Table Of Contents
- Distributed Processing Setup
- Contents
- Introduction to DistributedProcessing
- Getting Started Quickly
- Preparing a Network forDistributed Processing
- The Interfaces
- Creating and AdministeringClusters
- An Overview of Configuring a Cluster
- Configuring Service Nodes and Cluster Controllers
- Creating Clusters with AppleQadministrator
- About QuickClusters
- Advanced Settings in the AppleQmaster Preferences Pane
- Modifying and Deleting Clusters With AppleQadministrator
- Monitoring Cluster Activity
- Accessing Activity Logs
- Setting Cluster Preferences
- Setting Passwords and Scratch Storage
- Recovery and Failure Notification Features
- Command-Line Usage
- Installing AppleQmaster from the Command Line
- Shell Commands for Configuring Service Nodes and Cluster Controllers
- Shell Commands for Submitting Compressor Jobs
- Shell Commands for Submitting AppleQmaster Jobs
- Shell Commands for Monitoring Batches
- Using Scripts to Run AppleQmaster, Compressor, and BatchMonitor
- Troubleshooting
- Index
Chapter 1 Getting Started Quickly 17
Additional Installation Tips
m In order to use the Apple Qmaster distributed processing system to process
Dolby Digital Professional audio, each node (computer) in your distributed processing
network must have Final Cut Studio installed.
m Shake users can create distributed processing clusters containing computers that do
not have any Apple Qmaster software installed. See the Apple Qmaster User Manual for
more information.
m If you are using the Apple Qmaster distributed processing system with Compressor
or Shake, all nodes (computers) in a cluster must have the same version of
QuickTime installed.
To download the most recent version of QuickTime, go to:
 http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/mac.html
Step 2: Configure a QuickCluster
Use the Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences to configure the cluster controller
and service node computers.
1 Open System Preferences.
2 Click the Apple Qmaster button, located in the Other section.
The Apple Qmaster pane appears.