Setup guide

required in these fields is comprised of the directory defined for the mount point and the actual storage
folder. For example, if the Project Home on the Lustre workstation is E:\SCENES/mnt/md0/SCENES in
the Project Setup menu, and the mount point for the Lustre workstation storage on the Linux render
nodes is /mnt/Lustre_storage, the Project Home path to enter in this menu is:
/mnt/Lustre_storage/SCENES
5 Press Enter.
6 Verify that you have entered the proper path for each project, look at the project configuration file in
/usr/autodesk/lustre<application_version>/project/<project name>/project.config. The value in
the burn_project_home line is sent to the render node. This value must match a mount point on
the background render nodes.
For help setting up and managing projects, refer to the Lustre Help.
Configure Lustre BrowseD
About BrowseD
BrowseD is a Lustre file server with its own high level protocols that optimize network transfers. BrowseD
provides Lustre workstations, Slave Renderers, and background render nodes with high-speed access to
centralized storage, especially if your network uses InfiniBand, without mounting the storage on the render
nodes.
Consider using BrowseD if your facility uses a storage area network (SAN), network attached storage (NAS),
or a network file server. In these configurations, you install and configure BrowseD on the computer that
is connected to the centralized storage and configure all workstations to use the BrowseD server to access
Lustre project files.
The recommended Lustre configuration in a digital film or high-resolution workflow is to store the
full-resolution images on a SAN, NAS, or file server, and the proxies locally.
You can run BrowseD on the Lustre Master Station to provide render nodes or Slave Renderers high-speed
access to local storage for background rendering. However, this is not recommended. The BrowseD process
requires extra bandwidth from the storage and adds extra load on the host system's CPU. Real-time
functionality cannot be guaranteed with this setup—2K playback speed and video input and output will
not function correctly when BrowseD is running on the Lustre workstation, and is serving client requests.
If you are working with StandardFS DPX or Cineon footage coming from the local Wiretap Server, you must
mount your storage on the render nodes.
BrowseD startup and configuration:
1 The BrowseD service starts automatically after you install it. You can manually start the service using
the command line interface. The service starts automatically whenever the computer running BrowseD
restarts.
/etc/init.d/browsed_ <version> stop Stops BrowseD.
/etc/init.d/browsed_ <version> start Starts BrowseD.
/etc/init.d/browsed_ <version> restart Restarts BrowseD if it is not currently running.
/etc/init.d/browsed_ <version> condrestart Restarts BrowseD if it is already running.
2 Configure the init.config file for all machines that will use the BrowseD server to access centralized
storage.
Username The administrative user on the BrowseD server.
Password The password for Username.
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