DR Buckets with nodes

[geoffc]

I realize this has been gone over in many different forms, but here is my particular situation:

I have a dual-dual xeon workstation, so 4 buckets.

When I've attempted DR in the past with my dual core laptop, I have to use the maxscript "....buckets=4". This allows my workstation to have it's 4 buckets, but seems to force 4 buckets from the laptop too (I see 8 crawling around).

Anyway, I'm going to build a dedicated render node(s).

If I just opt for the core2 Quad, I can use the buckets=4 script and all will be well.

But, if I can afford a dual Xeon quad node, I'm guessing I would have to use the buckets=8 script, and I'm wondering if this would force my main workstation to have 8 buckets itself (even though only 4 processors).

OR, will I be able to be able to just use the buckets=4 script for my workstation, and the DR will automatically find the 8 from the node?

Does anyone have any experience with this?

[sv]

i think this was a Max 9 specific issue, causing Max when ran in slave mode to only use 1 thread, but i think it's all sorted now in newer Vray builds.

so, wait till RC5, or perhaps contact Chaos?

also - we've got some Dual Quad Xeons - GET THEM! dont' consider anything less spec - only more, they are so good. I'm sure other people will testify - just look at the Benchmark test...