* mbutler2 at mmm.com <mbutler2 at mmm.com> [011121 14:37]:
> really have to try and compare a 64 processor scalable Linux cluster with
> an Onyx Reality Monster.  that's not fair to Linux...  If your focus is

http://www.sgi.com/features/2001/july/fantasy/
http://www.arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q3/ff-interview/ff-interview-1.html

Also here, they used SGI hw for the workstations and servers, but the
rendering was done with Pixar tools in linux.

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"The 16-cpu Origin 2000s are primarily used for batch-processing MTOR
jobs, which is the Maya-To-Renderman conversion."

"The renderfarm consists primarily of ~1000 Linux machines (PIII,
custom-built, rack mounted), running Red Hat 6.2. These machines do all
the RenderMan renders, as well as a number of other tasks."

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I still dont mind that its a money move, any sort of use of linux helps
promote it in other uses.

-- 
Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> <sdier at debian.org>
http://www.ringworld.org/  #linuxos at irc.openprojects.net

So I ran up to him, and the exchange went something like this:
Me: Oh my god! You're Larry Niven!
Him: Oh my god! You're Wil Wheaton!
	-Wil Wheaton, in a Slashdot interview