Do you need special software for this? Does it matter if they are all the same generation or not? What are the computaitonal benefits if any (ie does the software even take advantage)?
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How do you connect multiple Mac mini's together to use as one machine
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Some software can divy up a task and distribute it to multiple computers to chew on. When they're all done the resulting file can be opened by the primary workstation computer.
3D rendering is a classic example of this.
For example: Pixar used to use (not sure of the number any more) 1000 computers in their render farm to render scenes in their animations.
3D rendering is a classic example of this.
For example: Pixar used to use (not sure of the number any more) 1000 computers in their render farm to render scenes in their animations.
Yea, I read that during the original Toy Story they calculated the render time based on one computer and it came to 100 years. So, they bought 100 computers and and rendered it in 1 year. Bob Lassiter said when they started working on Toy Story he had no children. By the time Toy Story was finished he had a child old enough to watch it. Probably 5 years....
