Microsoft KB Archive/161376

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

Setting Up the .rayhosts File for Distributed Rendering
Last reviewed: December 23, 1996

Article ID: Q161376

The information in this article applies to:


 * Softimage 3D for IRIX, versions 3.5, 3.51

SUMMARY
The following are critical rules when setting up the .rayhosts file:


 * The .rayhosts file should never contain the name of the computer that you are rendering on. If you are rendering on a host named 'felix', make sure 'felix' is not in the .rayhosts file. The .rayhosts file should only include the host names of the computers to which you intend to distribute rendering tasks.
 * Only enter the host name of a computer once in the .rayhosts file. This rule also applies if a computer has more than one processor. Listing computers more than once generally causes problems; more licenses are used and the performance is worse.
 * If there is more than one computer that you wish to distribute rendering tasks to, only enter one host name per line in the .rayhosts file.