Extending job dependency scheduling to array job sub-tasks

Posted by chris Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:52:14 GMT

More Rising Sun news ...

Rising Sun Pictures, an Australian visual effects house (previous mention) has released a specification document entitled "Grid Engine Array Task Dependency Specification"

The spec is well written and backwards compatibility is assured. The use cases come from digital film and frame rendering. The main goal is to extend the ability of the SGE scheduler to handle array job tasks that themselves may be dependent on the successful completion of other array jobs or even sub-tasks of other jobs.

The full specification is here and well worth a read:
http://open.rsp.com.au/?page_id=11

Grid Engine Film Credits

Posted by chris Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:51:26 GMT

A past profile of DNA Productions mentioned that SGE had been used on the render farm for the 2006 Warner Brothers "Ant Bully" movie.

Rising Sun Pictures has posted a list of commercial films released (and in production) that used visual effects created on SGE-managed render farms. A partial list includes:

  • Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros Pictures)
  • 28 Weeks Later (Fox Atomic)
  • The Last Mimzy (New Line Cinema)
  • Blood Diamond (Warner Brothers Pictures)
  • ...

To see the full list of films that utilized Grid Engine for visual effects, visit this URL:
http://open.rsp.com.au/?p=10