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Hello again,

We have developed the new Refamo V3.xx

Below is a Preview Image with some of the new features and the new UI.

Full version available Nov. 2008 - e-mail only to all and future existing customers.

*All existing customers get the new Refamo V3.xx and updates free of charge.


- ReFaMo Up to 05 monitored machines (nodes): 95€ -> (45€ Special Holiday Offer!)
- ReFaMo Up to 10 monitored machines (nodes): 195€ -> (95€ Special Holiday Offer!)
- ReFaMo Unlimited - No node limitations: 295€ -> (195€ Special Holiday Offer!)





Best Regards,
Andronikos


Below is the old post>>>



Hello,

I would like to share with you our new software "ReFaMo". After almost 2years, it is now a complete commercial package.

We have developed a software in order to Monitor and Control any Cluster or RenderFarm that is running under Windows (32bit & 64bit), Linux or Mac OS!







For further information please visit: http://www.ixor3d.com/refamo.htm

I hope to find our software useful. Demo version available soon.

Thank you,
Andronikos
http://www.ixor3d.com

P.S.
Any comments, crtis, suggestions are always welcome.

outstanding... !

thanx!

Very cool. I won't have any point in coming into the office multiple times now when I have an animation rendering.

one question...

is there a function that detects the death of a slave/node ? how is that solved ?

with an automated rebooting command ?

and one more question. (concerning software administration of a farm)

let's say you have 100 slaves that all need an update of maxwell. how is that done most efficiently ? what's your approach there ?

JCAddy wrote:Very cool. I won't have any point in coming into the office multiple times now when I have an animation rendering.

Yes. It is nice to see 100 slaves 100% CPU Rendering from your laptop while watching TV.

andronikos916 wrote:

JCAddy wrote:Very cool. I won't have any point in coming into the office multiple times now when I have an animation rendering.

Yes. It is nice to see 100 slaves 100% CPU Rendering from your laptop while watching TV.

its nice to have 100 slaves running at 100 % . period .. it doesnt matter where you are.

I have 1 1/2 slaves lol...

deadalvs wrote:one question...

is there a function that detects the death of a slave/node ? how is that solved ?

with an automated rebooting command ?

That could be possible. An auto-reboot - if for example node's CPU is below x% for 30+ minutes of time. If this action repeats more that 3 times then shut down slave.

But really this is tricky and can cause unwanted results sometimes. For example internet security updates. Sounds like a good wish we will look further on that.

If users want something like that I am sure we can add it in a future update.

Looks very cool! Thank you for sharing!

thx. for the reply !

next question:
could it be possible to configure the individual IPs of a farm remotely ?

deadalvs wrote:thx. for the reply !

next question:
could it be possible to configure the individual IPs of a farm remotely ?

Yes you can do that. You have of course to setup your firewall to connection to your office. Do not ask me if it can make coffee remotely.

1) Just a small update. The demo version will be available next week.
2) The "reboot if slaves fails" will be ready in 2 weeks time + 1 week for testing it. By the end of the month this option will be included. It is indeed a very good idea / especially for big farms when electricity cost can be reduced dramatically.

thank you,
Andron

Hi Andronikos,

ok, you got my attention, now where is the demo < :

J.

Hi j_man, demo in 3-5 days will be ready. (12 March 2008)

Thank you,
Andronikos

How do you handle logging in all of the machines... or is there a way to run Maxwell as a service?
Say that I have a farm that isn't running all the time and I use the wake on LAN feature to wake up 20 computers which were shut down. Would I need to log into all of them in order to use Maxwell? I already have Backburner running as a service so that isn't a problem.