Network Rendering
Andy:
>> I want to have the render farm running off 1 server and another server
>> dealing with general office traffic.
This would be easy to do by just having the two servers running with one
network. This would also avoid the problems of bridges/routers etc.
Just keep all your administrative stuff on one machine, and your 3DS stuff on
another. We found that it is slightly faster to have a separate disk (not
partition) for the common 3DS network directory, a separate disk for the
rendering output, and a separate disk for the maps and processes.
You might want to look into the Seagate Elite-9 9gig disks, UNIX and PC-NFS
allows you to use an entire disk as one huge partition, it's great for storing
output without worrying about running out of space!
Greg Pyros