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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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