When Houdini submits task deadline path mapping, it will open a file every frame to read the path, causing the rendering time to slow down. Is there a way to make all tasks of online rendering only read the path once?
Since path mapping has to happen every time Houdini loads the scene file, your best bet is to make your task sizes as big as possible.
Houdini is started for every render task, so if you have task of 100 frames instead of 1 frame you’ll have less time spent on path-mapping.