* mbutler2 at mmm.com <mbutler2 at mmm.com> [011121 14:37]: > really have to try and compare a 64 processor scalable Linux cluster with > an Onyx Reality Monster. that's not fair to Linux... If your focus is http://www.sgi.com/features/2001/july/fantasy/ http://www.arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q3/ff-interview/ff-interview-1.html Also here, they used SGI hw for the workstations and servers, but the rendering was done with Pixar tools in linux. -- cut here -- "The 16-cpu Origin 2000s are primarily used for batch-processing MTOR jobs, which is the Maya-To-Renderman conversion." "The renderfarm consists primarily of ~1000 Linux machines (PIII, custom-built, rack mounted), running Red Hat 6.2. These machines do all the RenderMan renders, as well as a number of other tasks." -- cut here -- I still dont mind that its a money move, any sort of use of linux helps promote it in other uses. -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> <sdier at debian.org> http://www.ringworld.org/ #linuxos at irc.openprojects.net So I ran up to him, and the exchange went something like this: Me: Oh my god! You're Larry Niven! Him: Oh my god! You're Wil Wheaton! -Wil Wheaton, in a Slashdot interview