RorrKonn opened this issue on Mar 08, 2007 ยท 41 posts
adp001 posted Fri, 09 March 2007 at 2:06 PM
No need to worry about this :)
Workstations have to register with the server. The server knows which workstation owns which packages and which packages are free. Only workstations with all packages needed for the current job are asked to be part of the "render-willow" (part of the render-farm working on a certain job). Free packages may be downloaded manually or offered from the server if this is allowed.
So an initiated job on a workstation knows the names of all original packages (ZIPs) needed. Workstations have to create job-folders (all done automatically via Python) with the content of the original packages before the job is started. This folders will be delete after the job is done. Poser 5/6/7 are able to use full pathnames. No need to hold the files needed for a job in the standard runtime.
The content allready installed on the workstation must be ignorded. At least because perhaps somebody has changed the original for his own needs.
The PZ3 used is manipulated from the server before it is distributed so anything will address the correct folder.
No problems with licenses as far as I can see.