Apple compressor 3 Manual

 Preparing a Network for Distributed Processing

 

Using Compressor AutoClusters

The AutoCluster feature in Compressor gives you an easy way to take advantage of the 
distributed processing capabilities offered by Apple Qmaster without requiring a lot of 
knowledge about how clusters are configured, setting up file sharing, and so on. 

Using AutoCluster is a two-step process:

 Automatically creating Apple Qmaster service nodes as you install Final Cut Studio 

or Apple Qmaster 

 Selecting the “Include unmanaged services on other computers” when you submit 

a Compressor batch for processing

These two steps let you harness the processing power of any number of computers on 
your network without any additional effort or knowledge on your part.

Both the Final Cut Studio installer and the Apple Qmaster Node Installer include the 
Compressor Service Sharing pane, in which you can quickly set up the computer as an 
unmanaged Apple Qmaster service node, which is essentially a free agent “processing 
slave,” available on the network for any computer which requests its services.