We have a number of very fast render servers in a mixed workstation / render server environment. 170 nodes of which 30 are dedicated render servers which are 3-4 times as fast, and 100 deadline licences. Often I find the fastest servers being affected when the licences run out while slow machines are working on the jobs. Can I somehow prevent these specific machines from ever giving up their licences to make sure the jobs are completed as fast as possible?
Scrap that… solved. Was looking for it in the Deadline manual but it was described in the licencing server manual.
For the benefit of anyone else looking for the same thing… docs.thinkboxsoftware.com/produc … g-licenses
Glad to hear it! It’ll also work for any other Thinkbox goodness like Draft or the Balancer too if you need it.
You found a pretty smart solution if you’ve got more machines than licenses.