About Basic Settings in the Apple Qmaster Sharing Window
You can use the Setup pane within the Apple Qmaster Sharing window to configure your
distributed processing system.
Sharing Settings
• Share this computer: Select this checkbox to share this computer using one of the three
options below. Deselect this option to not share this computer.
• as QuickCluster with services: Select this option to create an “instant” cluster with
unmanaged services. See
Getting Started Quickly Using QuickClusters
for more
information.
• as Services and cluster controller: Select this option to define this computer as a cluster
controller when building a cluster in Apple Qadministrator. See
Creating Clusters
with Apple Qadministrator
for more information.
• as Services only: Select this option to make this computer a service node only. Service
nodes perform the processing of batches. They can be included in This Computer
Plus clusters, QuickClusters, or in managed clusters. See
Managed vs. Unmanaged
Services
for more information.
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Services Settings
• Rendering: Use this checkbox to enable or disable the Rendering service. Click its Options
button to open a dialog in which you can adjust the number of instances of a processing
service. For more information, see
Using Virtual Clusters to Make the Most of Multicore
Computers
.
• Compressor: Use this checkbox to enable or disable the Compressor service. Click its
Options button to open a dialog in which you can adjust the number of instances of
a processing service. For more information, see
Using Virtual Clusters to Make the Most
of Multicore Computers
.
• Require these services to only be used in managed clusters: Use this checkbox to make
the shared service unmanaged (the default) or managed. For more information, see
Managed vs. Unmanaged Services
.
QuickCluster Settings
• Identify this QuickCluster as: Use this field to change the name of a QuickCluster. For
more information about QuickClusters, see
Getting Started Quickly Using QuickClusters
.
• Include unmanaged services from other computers: Select this checkbox to have this
QuickCluster automatically use the available unmanaged computers on your network
for distributed processing. For more information on this option, see
Managed vs.
Unmanaged Services
.
Security Settings
• Require password: If you want to control who is able to include a specific service node
or cluster controller in a cluster, select this checkbox and enter a password in the dialog
that opens. For more information, see
Setting a Service Password for Including a
Computer in a Cluster
.
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