[Sidefx-houdini-list] Linux memory limitations?
Jed Schwartz
jed at jedschwartz.com
Tue Nov 13 12:52:50 EST 2007
Hey John,
These new systems are going to be used primarily as workstations-
However, being a very small studio we're always looking to squeeze as
much productivity as possible out of our systems- We might tend to
spend more on our workstations so they can double as contributors to
the render pipeline even as we work-
We do have to deal with some pretty huge CAD dada sets- most of our
production is HD 1080- So the faster the better for both display and
render- If anyone has configuration suggestions, I'm all ears.
Thanks!
Jed-
On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:09 PM, John Coldrick wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 November 2007 12:00, Jed Schwartz wrote:
>> We're replacing a couple of our older linux boxes- Anyone know what
>> the memory limitations are when running 64 bit- (ubuntu)? Not looking
>> to buy more memory that we can put to use-
>
> None within real world limitations for rendering boxes or
> workstations, i.e.
> a crapload, 128G or something. However, I would caution you with
> Houdini 9
> in going the heavy memory approach, assuming you're talking
> rendering boxes.
> Mantra threads now, so for many tasks you'd want to run less mantra
> renders
> threading more and having a lower memory footprint rather than
> loading up
> multiple renders. Of course, there's extenuating circumstances,
> depends on
> the render you're doing, if you have particularly massive datasets,
> if it's a
> workstation and you want a lot of overhead for that, etc etc.
>
> Cheers,
>
> J.C.
>
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