inferno* on linux

[rohit]

here’s the inferno on linux config at imagica japan….guess opteron is the way to go:

Autodesk
Discreet Inferno Ver.6.5
on Linux

Autodesk /
　AMD Opteron Dual Core / 4CPU
　Intel Xeon Parallel Server / 16CPU
　20CPU Systems
Stone 4TB, Wire

Discreet Smoke Ver.7.0
SGI / Tezro / 4CPU
Stone 2TB, Wire

[DTF-2, DLT, EXB, DAT, CD-R]
SpeedSix Ver.5.0.7
Sapphire Ver.3.072
Primatte Ver.3.1991

[Patrick]

Probably only available as preconfigured boxes.

[Saran Sirikasamsap]

can anyone explain how cpu clustering works on the inferno*-linux while working online as opposed to background rendering ??

[bnw]

I’m not sure that it would, I’m guessing that the 4 Opterons are the Inferno box and the Xeons are a Burn farm. If they mean four dual-core Opterons then, well, it shouldn’t hang about 🙂

[Alesis]

How much doers it cost?

When Discreet released the Inferno Linux Japan, they stated that this was an special version because in JApan they used inferno for Common VTV work.
Is the Linux version, less powerful than the IRIX version?

[Saran Sirikasamsap]

supposedly very very fast….the postings reg SGI vs pc[linux] speed comparisons are increasing day by day…maybe “someone” will do a proper benchmark comparison soon ? am sure discreet knows the exact speed benefits and also the areas where flame/inferno on linux fall behind SGI tezros/onyx 3xxx’s!!

[Saran Sirikasamsap]

yup…4 dual core opterons and 16 xeons…nasty.

[Sinan]

Do you know if the 16 Xeon processors are for burn background rendering?

I would also want to see burns using gfx cards for opengl. Burns are really slow in gfx, but CPU operations rock on burn! If all burn nodes had fx4500SLI with each dual core GPUs, inferno would be again the fastest box in the industry, after these upgrades.

[Saran Sirikasamsap]

i have absolutely no idea.. i asked that question too on this forum…cos i heard from someone who was posting a job there that the 16xeons are used NOT in the background but in the foreground while online…sounds bizarre but can u imagine the speed ?!? but like i said not sure cos this was info i got from a director and u know how post producers happily say anythin to impress their clients!! but yeah a lotta clients i know who shoot n post there tell me inferno* is a big brand like levis or BMW.. 😈

[Saran Sirikasamsap]

i guess the new dual quadro fx cards should sort that burn sluggishness out?

[bnw]

Lustre can use extra nodes for online work now, maybe something similiar will arrive for Inferno?

I seem to recall that Burn initially used hardware rendering but then they decided not to for some reason. Maybe so it could be used with existing render farms.

[Saran Sirikasamsap]

and i guess a faster more efficient workflow….guess its tokyo for my next holiday!!!! 😉

[bnw]

Inferno on Linux will be available worldwide shortly it seems:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-18-2006/0004342343&EDATE=

[Saran Sirikasamsap]

well…this says it all dont it ?…”In November 2005, Autodesk launched a Linux-based configuration of the Discreet Inferno 6.5 system exclusively for the Japanese market. As a result of global customer interest and immediate success in Japan, Autodesk is extending a similar offering worldwide. The Linux-based Discreet Inferno system will be available worldwide on an IBM dual-core AMD workstation. The Discreet Inferno system is already available on the IRIX operating system.
“

[Ahart]

rohit wrote:

well…this says it all dont it ?…”In November 2005, Autodesk launched a Linux-based configuration of the Discreet Inferno 6.5 system exclusively for the Japanese market. As a result of global customer interest and immediate success in Japan, Autodesk is extending a similar offering worldwide. The Linux-based Discreet Inferno system will be available worldwide on an IBM dual-core AMD workstation. The Discreet Inferno system is already available on the IRIX operating system.
“

I don’t quite get it? 4 dual-core opterons (8 cores) or 2 dual-core opterons (4 cores). Isn’t the later the same config as the linux flame…?
So the inferno would just be a flame bundled with burn…?
Hmm.. not that impressed then.

-k

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