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Otherwise, there are no limitations on the number of machines or CPU cores that can be utilized, different to the original Satellite mode in Autodesk products.
You have the option to let Satellites do ALL the rendering remotely, freeing your main machine from any rendering load (perfect for a background batch render), or set them to contribute to the main rendering as needed (like for a quick preview render). That makes it less useful in the interactive viewport rendering with Mental Ray, although it’s generally possible to enable it there too. However, progressive rendering is not supported in this distributed mode. In Maya, the satellite mode can be enabled selectively for preview rendering in Render View, and also for batch rendering in the background. Naturally, the network speed and machine configurations have great impact on the overall experience and a fluent workflow. You can continue working with Maya or 3ds Max in the usual way, since Mental Ray is handling the data distribution and network communication under-the-hood. Unlike starting separate render jobs in a render farm, the Satellite rendering mode allows to connect remote machines in the internal network to your main Mental Ray rendering engine, so that they take over the heavy part of rendering the image or animation without stressing your main machine, which is already busy running your DCC tool. It is also lifting any restrictions for usage in a render farm when running from the command-line or managed by a render job manager like Backburner.
This is a great extension for users of the Mental Ray plugins who depend on network-distributed rendering for more rendering throughput. It is completely free to use on any number of machines.
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