[Orange-tech] py xgrid (Re: Renderfarm setup)

[Toni Alatalo]

On 15.8.2005, at 15:32, Jorge Daza wrote:

>> python-bindings to DrQueue to be able to control it from Blender --
> the functionality I have in mind is everything. I mean, whatever you
> could do from a C program, or from any other client.
> I've made some simple tests, you can already send jobs, and get the
> whole status of the job (frame information, computers...) as well as 
> any
> action on it, like stoping, restarting, change priority... The 
> problems,

perhaps related to that, i just got to know about Apple's xgrid and the 
Python tools for it, http://hammonds.scu.edu/~classes/pyxg.html . the 
developer just joined the ipython project, for which i'm working now 
within the google/soc initiative. don't know if xseed is using xgrid, 
but if so, there seems to be nice controls to the jobs from python 
there too (well via the pyobjc bridge all macos things are basically 
accessible from python).

surely there may be overlap with xgrid and drqueue, but perhaps they 
can work together too? i don't know that area really yet. at least you 
can perhaps see the pyxg API for ideas about nice pythonic controls to 
parallel processing..

it's related to a research project they have on the topic, 
http://hammonds.scu.edu/~classes/braid.html which is titled 'Enabling 
Interactive Parallel Computations in Python'. although i guess 
interactive use of the farm is not that relevant for us, i.e. we use 
our workstations for previewing with opengl, and use the renderfarm 
when the scenes are set. unlike those scientists who explore massive 
datasets and complex simulations interactively having a farm under the 
python interpreter session.. well perhaps i could try some strange 
procedural modelling & animation on the xseed like that, if possible ;)

just for your info,

> Jorge

~Toni