DR Node not using full CPU

[Macker]

I'm using distributed rendering and my render node seems to be peaking at 25-30% CPU usage, whilst my workstation is on 100% CPU load. I can't think of any reason it would be doing this? There are no other processes using the render node, only VRay/max. Consequently all 16 of the render nodes buckets (dual quad core xeon with HT) are moving very, very slowly in comparison to my Quad core (HT enabled) i7.

Any ideas?

[Macker]

Just a thought; my workstation has 16gb RAM, the render node has 12GB. Could it be that the render node is "unloading geometry" to cope with the scene? I wish we could have more info on what the render nodes are actually doing.

[Macker]

Hmmm, Rebooted the server and on the third time it's now using 100% CPU. Didn't on the first few reboots though, very odd indeed as I've not changed anything.