I am using crowdrender on a local farm that doesn't have access to outside internet. it works however the first thing I always have to do is go into each node setting and turn off CPU. Otherwise, each node will try to use all GPU's as well as CPU which is not practical on some nodes. Does crowdrender look for any configuration files to set up the nodes?
Thanks,
Bill
Hi Bill, this is a good thing to have, right now there is a config file, but it doesn't set defaults like this. I can see how this would be useful though. Its also related to another issue where the CPU is used with the GPU where this may not be intended and actually slows down the GPU significantly.
We discovered that rendering with the CPU enabled alongside the GPU, and allowing all threads to be used on the CPU caused significant increase in render times compared to turning the CPU off, or allowing at least one thread of the CPU to remain unused by blender to allow the CPU a chance to service the GPU.
So we're going to make changes in this area with hopefully some sensible defaults. A configuration file could happen, but we've not explored that option, you are literally the first to suggest it!
Hope this helps, I realise its not a clear answer on when this issue will be resolved for you.
James