Hey guys


I have 5 computers at home, connected through a router.
I was thinking why not use them all to render with Maya ?


I do have a few questions about it though:

1. General question: does RAM have anything to do with rendering or is it all on the CPU? if yes, what is the minimum RAM recommended to be on each computer? I currently have 256Mb minimum and up to 1Gb maximum on my computers.

2. Do I have to install full Maya on each computer? I have heard that there is an external program that is required to activate network rendering.. is that true?

3. Where do I tell Maya that I am rendering with a network of computers? does it detect it automaticaly?

4. My computers are installed with Win98 SE, Win 2000 and Win XP Pro, does that pose a problem, having a few operating systems?

5. CPUs range from P3 800Mhz to P4 2.8Ghz/800. any problem with having different CPUs?

I appriciate your help on this one, thanks! :p

-Gurt