Here is a quick reference to supported softwares and recommendations to system hardware. Please follow the links for more detailed information.
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Content Creation Applications |
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*Standalone submissions currently limited to command line configurations. Renderers running within Maya and Nuke have GUI support. |
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Browser |
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Conductor Technologies is developed on or tested in the latest version of the following web browsers. To access our web application, Conductor recommends using: |
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Cloud Instances Hardware Here are some of the specifications regarding the instances processing you jobs. |
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Operating System |
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Debian Linux 8 |
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CPU/RAM configurations available (All available as preemptible or spot instances for considerable cost savings) |
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Scalability |
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Max storage allowance = No Maximum (Storage cost will apply) Max concurrent instances/cores = theoretically no max (tested in production beyond 250,000 cores per studio, totaling over 5,000 instances). |
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Artist Hardware |
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System |
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The artistic tools that are Conductor supported are some of the most resource hungry applications available. Unless otherwise noted, meeting minimum for software like Autodesk Maya will cover the needed hardware for running Conductors Client tools. |
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RAM |
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Scraping resources during submission requires a high burst of memory resources. we recommend a minimum of 8 GB of RAM (16 GB or more recommended, depending on the size and number of dependencies) |
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Disk Space |
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Conductors Client tools have a minimum 200MB of free disk space for install. Anticipating storage needs for downloads to local machines should also be considered. |
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Python |
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Python 2.7 |
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Bandwidth |
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Conductor Technologies is a cloud based service requiring the uploading and downloading of your data. Performance and experience will be directly impacted by available bandwidth. Studios should try to match their bandwidths to file size, total data usage and number of projects. We recommend 50-100mbps symmetrical for most users. *Note that once files are uploaded, no further bandwidth is required, as all work is subsequently performed in the cloud, so studios do not need to be concerned with latency. |
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Daemon Hardware (optional) Serves as an optional IO machine for upload/downloads. Must have access to the same files and folder structures as the artist workstations |
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System |
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This machine will be uploading dependent files and downloading resulting renders. It will need to minimally be able to run any of the supported operating systems. |
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Disk Space |
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200 MB of free disk space for install. If resulting renders are going to be downloaded to this machine, ample storage to collect them should be considered. |
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Python |
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2.7 |
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Bandwidth |
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Conductor Technologies is a cloud based service requiring the uploading and downloading of your data. Performance and experience for this machine will be directly impacted by available bandwidth more than any other. Studios should try to match their bandwidths to file size, total data usage and number of projects. We recommend, depending on number of artists in your studio, 100Mbps symmetrical for most users and 1Gbps for larger studios. *Note that once files are uploaded, no further bandwidth is required, as all work is subsequently performed in the cloud, so studios do not need to be concerned with latency. |