Slow Slave

Deadline
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We have an enigma in our farm.

We have 4 computers that are exactly the same components.
All 11 of our slaves have the exact same HDD image.
All 11 seem to be running the exact same processes.
All 11 have the same CPU.
All 11 are using the same amount of RAM.
All 11 are using 100% of all their cores.
All 11 have about the same performance score in the Windows Vista Ranking system.

BUT

1 machine takes twice as long or longer to render any job. Every other machine in our office takes about 45-50 minutes. This guy decided it needs an hour and 45 minutes.

Any ideas?

2

Hi Gavin,

Have you compared the render times WITHOUT Deadline, or is this something that happens only when using Deadline?
(In other words, are you just looking for someone to solve a hardware/software puzzle, or debug a Deadline issue?)

3

It’s a hardware/software issue unrelated deadline as far as I can tell. Unless deadline is changing an ini file which has been known to slow Max.

However if you’ve heard of something like this happening with deadline it could save a lot of troubleshooting. :smiley:

4

Cool, thanks for clarifying. We haven’t heard of Deadline causing slowdowns in the past, and I can’t think of anything it would be doing to cause this (especially since it’s only affecting one machine). You’re right that it’s most likely a hardware/software issue.

Cheers,

  • Ryan