To be able to select and render with a 3Delight Collective, it must first be defined. A collective is simply a list of computers/servers that take part of that collective and is given a name. Several distinct collectives can be defined. And a server/computer can be part of one or more collectives. Here are examples of collectives that can be defined in a large studio:
Rack-1 — All the servers located in rack number 1.
Rack-2 — All the servers located in rack number 2.
Lighter-A — A group of servers you want to dedicate to lighter A.
Lighter-B — A group of servers you want to dedicate fo lighter B.
ALL-servers — All the servers!
The 3Delight Collective is defined through a simple JSON file format. Here is en example which makes it self explanatory:
You can save the collective the file wherever you want as part of your installation and specify that file 3Delight through the 3delight.config configuration file with this line:
# Feature name : 3Delight # Host ID : e08122074c # Licenses : 2 (Unlimited threads per machine) # Expiration : none # Service Exp. : Wed Aug 30 00:00:00 2014
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Lastly, for each computer/server you list, you can specify how many cores you make available.