hope to get an auto “idle” detection feature

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  • oglop
    10th December 2007 at 4:16 pm #14219

    i hope to use artist workstation when they are not using their computer at night, because not everybody goes home at 6:00pm, so i hope there might be a feature , after workstation is inactive for 15min, or nobody is logged on, the render client automatically starts or mark itself as idle, so we can use it to render. I know the time rules, but it’s really not very flexible enough.

    or we can try the “deadline” way, they give a screensaver version of their renderclient, when screensaver starts, render client starts

    Leonardo Bernardini
    17th December 2007 at 6:41 pm #14762

    got it ;)

    perholmes
    12th January 2008 at 7:54 pm #14779

    I echo this, as it’s basically the same as the other thread. I think that you need to make a window that appears on the screen when the renderclient starts rendering that says with nice graphics that this machine is now rendering, there’s a meter showing CPU load, and there’s a button to Kill And Pause so people can get their computer back.

    I don’t think it works to simply do it with Idle, because while it means that rendering will START when the computer is Idle, it also means that rendering will STOP the moment someone moves the mouse, and that’s a little excessive. What if you’re the render administrator and want to use the artist-computer to quickly check the paths or that a file loads properly. Should touching the mouse really Kill the current render? Then how will you ever be able to monitor rendering while ON the computer?

    Therefore, I think that a little Muster NOW RENDERING window is the parfect solution. With the CPU meter, people can easily see how busy the computer is, they can still even use their computer with the knowledge that it will be slower. And they have a Kill And Pause button so that they can take back their computer, knowing that it may destroy an hours worth of rendering.

    This way, if someone just quickly checks their email, that will not kill a render. But they can easily take their computer back at any time without opening any weird tray applications or anything.

    A Muster NOW RENDERING window would be perfect.

    Best,

    Per

    naxos
    24th June 2008 at 1:50 pm #14850

    maybe simply look for an “idle after 30 minutes, with CPU load under 10% and ram usage under 20%” could make it…

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