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    Introduction to Distributed Processing

 

 

 

When a client sends batches to the Apple Qmaster distributed processing system, all 
the processing and subsequent moving of any output files is performed by a group of 
Apple Qmaster–configured computers called a 

 

 You can create one or more 

clusters of service nodes, with one cluster controller included in each cluster. Each 
computer in the cluster is connected to the other computers in the cluster through 
a network connection. 

 

This illustration provides only one simple example of a cluster. Other possibilities 

are described in Chapter 2, “

 

The service nodes are where the processing work is done. When you assign a group of 
service nodes to a cluster, they function as one very powerful computer because all 
their resources are shared. If one service node is overloaded or otherwise inaccessible, 
another service node is used. 

You make a computer available as a service node by configuring it in the 
Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences. The simple steps involved in using 
System Preferences to configure a service node are described in Chapter 4, “

 

The terms 

 

 and 

 

 will come up frequently as you read this 

document. The term processing is used here generically to cover both rendering (for 
Shake, and other frame-based rendering applications) and encoding (or transcoding or 
compression) for Compressor. For more information see the 

 

 and the 

 

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